Green and drinks

Last night we had our monthly greendrinks Media gathering at a new spot in my town of Springfield, PA. We’ve lived here for 22 years and I had never been to Nick’s Roast Beef until now. The food was great. And they even have an upstairs room which we can have for our meetings. This will be great for presentations and talks, something we’ve not had the ability to do before. However, who will come....

New house, meat club and more

Last Friday, we had settlement on Tab’s first house in South Philly. It went smoothly. Now her fun begins as a homeowner. Best of luck, Tab. A couple of weeks ago, I was inquiring at some local farmers markets about setting up something whereby one could buy a share in meat and poultry from their farm. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any. But then I received an email from a friend in Media about something called a...

A new addition

It’s not a baby (as far as I know) but rather a new home. My daughter has bought a home in South Philly. This was kind of a surprise to me, but Tabitha is always thinking. She has some money from her Mom-mom and is putting it to good use. My brother Butch and Joyce celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary in April which I forgot. Congratulations to them. My brother Paul would have had his 40th this November with...

Autism resources

I just wanted to add a couple of web sites concerning autism that you might be interested in. One is of a local group in Chester County, PA. They are the Autism Alliance of Chester County. The other is About.com:Autism. I got to this site because a friend’s wife, Lisa Jo Rudy, runs this. I wanted to reprint her article about the dreaded “what if” questions we parents and caregivers ask ourselves. It is...

Social skills groups for adults with autism

This is a list of adults with autism social skills groups, service providers, camps, etc. As I find new ones or find limitations of the one’s I’ve listed, I will update this. SUMMER L.I.F.E. 1777 N. Valley Road PO Box 730 Paoli, PA 19301 610-296-6725 x15 Fax: 610-640-0132 http://www.summermatters.org/ SUMMER L.I.F.E. is an experiential learning program that offers youth, with and without disabilities,...

Health

It seems my bad cholesterol (LDL) is up to 91 from a 67 a couple of years ago. Starting to change my diet now in addition to having my meds doubled. I will try to go easy on butter, ice cream, beer, and cakes and...