In 1969, when I turned 21, I was working for Lucas Lumber in Levittown Pennsylvania, which was a family-owned retail lumber business. They sold hardware and paint and such, but also ran a small millwork shop for a variety of… Continue Reading →
Not to be outdone by my brother, I too, wanted to leave a smaller ecological footprint. Kevin had completed a huge solar project on his roof and has achieved what he wanted; net zero while banking electrical energy for future use… Continue Reading →
How many times have we heard the term “New Normal” when we’ve seen images or heard accounts of western wildfires, mid-west tornados, eastern floods, and diminishing polar ice caps? My internal reaction to the statement is to say, “Not so… Continue Reading →
[Listen to the audio version by using the player below.] There are a lot of “Help Wanted” signs posted around Levittown. For this solidly blue-collar area that we live in, I wondered why. I think the answers may have roots… Continue Reading →
It seems inevitable that many of us will be driving electric vehicles (EVs) in the not-too-distant future. Every major car manufacturer is moving feverishly in that direction. Ford’s bet-the-company decision to take their most popular vehicle, the F-150 pick-up, into… Continue Reading →
I’ve seen a lot of solar panels sprouting on Levittown roofs lately. It caused me to wonder if in the not-too-distant future, we will be seeing a lot more sunlight reflecting off rooftops which would give a whole new perspective… Continue Reading →
Several years ago, I collected information about Levittown housing in an effort to study energy use for the 1950s era construction and to consider methods to improve efficiency and comfort in the homes we live in. The initial results of… Continue Reading →
Sometimes I’m afraid to say this out loud for fear of jinxing it, but we live in an area of the country that is a sweet spot when it comes to severe weather and geological events. To be clear, we’ve… Continue Reading →
We are a people with different concepts of where we are now and where we would like to be in the future. The election process in 2016 was, in my opinion, extremely divisive and in 2020 become even more so…. Continue Reading →
My world was small when I was eight and yet I did not know it—I thought it so large. Siblings, parents and I started out in a new Levittown just built; We came from Trenton and before that Allentown; before… Continue Reading →
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