Remembering Roseman's Marine

Attired in my Roseman’s Marine hat I headed to Stone Harbor, New Jersey for some boogie boarding and family time.

What a shock to discover Roseman’s Marine was an empty building.

“more and more family owned businesses on the island are going out of business”

For inquiring minds, the 7 Mile Times offers the whole story:

THE SUN SETS ON ROSEMAN’S MARINE

A stream of testimonials is hosted by BassBarn.com, for example:

“I have been going to Roseman’s since I was 12 years old. I'm now 32. I always looked forward to a "hey guy!" from Chuck. Roseman’s was a major part of the reason why I love Stone Harbor. And yes, he had everything from marine supply to Island Drum CD's. It didn't matter if you were a renter fishing from the docks or a veteran, Chuck treated everyone the same.”

“Roseman’s Marine” now another memory of the Jersey Shore lives on in the 500+ headings in a Google search.

For me the memory, as pictured below, is the colorful landmark and welcome atmosphere that was Roseman’s Marine.

Patrick Leer
web site: http://caregivinglyyours.com/
videos: http://www.youtube.com/daddyleer

Harrisburg NAACP urges martial law

"The Harrisburg Chapter of the NAACP is calling on Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell to suspend some civil liberties and impose martial law in the city to halt the wave of recent lawlessness..."

Harrisburg chapter of NAACP urges martial law

Patrick Leer

web site: http://caregivinglyyours.com/

videos: http://www.youtube.com/daddyleer

musings: Patrick Ponders ...

early April 1968 / Washington DC

Odd how some mornings you can fall into a time hole, these are NOT pictures of some war zone but Washington DC in early April 1968.

I was 17 when the April 4th assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. shocked a nation and its capitol tore itself apart.

While my family then lived in the Washington DC suburb of Adelphi, MD, the capitol city may as well have been a second home. My father was born and raised in DC. My grandmother’s house stood only blocks from riot fires along the H St NE corridor.

‘Watching’ the news unfold was surreal. I remember a newscaster announcing that there were ‘reports’ of armored vehicles accompanying Federal troops, while out our upstairs window I could ‘see’ tanks and armored personnel carriers rolling along the Capitol Beltway.

“Marines mounted machine guns on the steps of the Capitol and Army troops guarded the White House. On April 5, rioting reached within two blocks of the White House before rioters retreated.”

Are you officially a geezer, when you start ‘remembering’ history?

Caregivingly Yours, Patrick Leer

web site: http://caregivinglyyours.com/

videos: http://www.youtube.com/daddyleer

musings: Patrick Ponders ...

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vehicular gardening / transplanting lilac

Maybe the Internet is NOT the best place to research gardening.

I wanted to transplant two lilac bushes. Gardening sites claimed transplanting lilac was easy.

They LIE!!!!

After hours of digging, complicated by proximity to house and other shrubs, I had only managed to bend my digging bar (a 6’ long, inch thick bar of steel) trying to leverage the root ball.

Frustration inspired vehicular gardening. Wrapping one end of the tow rope around what I had exposed of the root ball and hooking the other end to the car, OUT came the lilac bush like a molar.

Now it is wait and see if it was all worth it.

Patrick

web site: http://caregivinglyyours.com/

videos: http://www.youtube.com/daddyleer

a bird sings at night: "American Nightingale"

One of the stranger sounds to awake to in the dark of night is a songbird. While not alarming it certainly is confusing. Is it morning? Am I dreaming? What time is it?

Thanks to a Google search and Cornell Lab of Ornithology our home mystery is solved.

It seems the "American Nightingale" otherwise known as the Mockingbird can be a nocturnal singer, especially unmated males.

"Nighttime singing is more common during the full moon. In well-lit areas around people ..." Our lighted flagpole and surrounding shrubs must be an ideal "stage".

LISTEN to Northern Mockingbird

Now what was really cool, was when playing the above linked audio file through my PC speakers next to an open window, a bird responded outside! ... as well as one perplexed house cat. :)

Patrick
web site: http://caregivinglyyours.com/
videos: http://www.youtube.com/daddyleer
musings: Patrick Ponders ...

concert memories

Concert posters from University of Maryland 1972 - 1973. CHECK OUT the ticket prices!!!



Patrick
web site: http://caregivinglyyours.com/
videos: http://www.youtube.com/daddyleer
musings: Patrick Ponders ...

the right thing to do

Referees had no choice even though the young man's Mom had died of cancer and he was not expected to play. The rules of high school basketball assess a technical foul if a team plays a player arriving late and not in the starting scorebook.

While the opposing team (DeKalb HS) had no choice but to take the foul shots, the young man standing at the foul line did have a choice to care.

"Darius McNeal set up for a regular free throw, but he only shot it two or three feet in front of him. It bounced once or twice and just rolled past the basket."

"I did it for the guy who lost his mom," McNeal told the newspaper. "It was the right thing to do."

Team's gesture supports grieving opponent

Patrick
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