Dear Customers, One of the perks of getting older is that the memories of our youth often take on a nostalgic “sepia” tone.  Funny how we manage to purge a lot of the low points from our consciousness, while the good times play over and over in our heads each year. When I think of…

Dear Customers, The “Big Week” is here at last.  Who’d a thunk that a Thursday would become so revered in this nation’s collective consciousness?  It’s not a weekend?  It’s not a three-day holiday. . . Stop to think why.  We celebrate the anniversary of the beginning of our new nation as the Pilgrims did –…

Dear Customers, In less than two weeks’ time, America’s number one food consumption day of the year will be at hand!  November 24th is Thanksgiving, a veritable cornucopia of entrees, side dishes, and desserts interspersed with 4, count’ ‘em FOUR football games that last from noon till well after my bedtime!  That includes the tryptophan…

Dear Customers, There’s something very dreary about the forests of Penn’s Woods when they become devoid of foliage.  Maybe because we know it’ll be six or seven months before we see the trees fully leafed out again! This time of year, particularly when we return to Standard Time, the days are so much shorter and…