Rutgers Plant Sale: Snapdragon, Petunia
Every year in early May there is a wonderful plant sale at Rutgers Gardens. I bought: snapdragons, petunias, Rutgers tomato plants, two kinds of rosemary and some broccoli plants. Last year: hydrangea
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Notes on Newark and Declining Cities
Newark and Declining Cities – why Newark declined, what can be done to revitalize the city
Nature Notes: Rutgers Gardens
Red leaves, Raritan River, cleome, milkweed, and a girl with an oreo cookie mouth
BIG green chair – SOOC
This lime green chair and its twin facing it at Rutgers Gardens in Central New Jersey is *really* big.
Chabad at Rutgers Remembers
Chabad House at Rutgers will dedicate a new wing to the Mumbai victims. In an article at MyCentralNewJersey, Rabbi Yosef Carlebach, the director and founder of the Jewish center at Rutgers University says: “The attack last week was not only an attack on Chabad or the people of Israel but on every living being that […]
Watery Wednesday: Raritan River
The Raritan River runs along side Highland Park, New Jersey and can be seen near the Native Plant Reserve off River Road.
Kiersten = Z.
A while back I wrote about a young woman’s battle with cancer: Caring Too Much? Update on Z. I met her once at an art class. We shared a table. She cheerfully told me about how she does art in between chemo sessions. If there is a gene for optimism, she had it. Here is […]
Update on Z.
A week ago I posted about Z., a friend of Ann who is very ill with cancer. Z.’s father regularly writes posts in a password-protected blog on the hospital website. Ann gave me access to these posts, and they are touching. And disturbing. It is clear that this is an important emotional release for Z.’s […]
Rutgers students condemn cemetery vandalism
Here in Central New Jersey, not only is the Jewish community reacting with shock to the recent cemetery vandalism, but there is also condemnation from the general community.