The Kids’ Inheritance
As a fortunate retiree with a decent savings, I had the flexibility to ponder two bumper stickers that were popular a few years ago. The first, an announcement that “We’re spending our kids’ inheritance” made me cringe when I considered the suggestion that selfishly and frivolously wasting money was chosen over preserving funds that could be used for other purposes.
Joe Costanza, Nature Photographer
On Saturday, May 10, Joe is raising money for the Rancocas Nature Conservancy through participation in the NJ Audubon Society’s World Series of Birding event.
Down on the Farm (2011)
View the slide show He Digs, He Dug, He Has Dug “My garden will never make me famous. I’m a horticultural ignoramus, I can’t tell a string bean from a soybean, Or even a girl bean from a boy bean.” — Ogden Nash Many of us Medford Leas residents are all thumbs when it comes to growing things. But others
Bird Carvings by Alex Webb
Alex Webb started making decoys and decorative birds in 1982 after he retired. He was not a novice woodworker; he had made furniture and model boats in past years, carving with old scalpels his father had used as a veterinarian.
Welcome Fuller, Service Dog
Fuller, our first resident service dog, moved recently to the Lumberton campus with Kay Roberts, who has multiple sclerosis. Fuller has been her companion for the last six years.
Paul Zelazny and his Sculptures
In 1995, Paul Zelazny began working on a cross-section of a maple tree which had a wedge-shaped split. He counted the age rings of this wood and found 84 of them. “I am 84 years old, so this tree and I came alive at the same year.”