On a seven-mile-long barrier island at the southern tip of New Jersey lie the four towns of Wildwood Crest, Wildwood, North Wildwood and West Wildwood. These towns are collectively known as The Wildwoods. Here, in the late 1950s the... Read More

“It will have a cross on it somewhere, and then there can be no doubt, no discussion, that this is and always will be the House of the Living God. Say Amen, somebody.” So writes Rick Bragg in his introduction to Wooden Churches. This... Read More

Say windmill and everyone has an immediate image of the family farm with its windmill pumping water; say wind turbines and some may envision the massive “wind farm” in California with its five thousand UFO-like wind turbines. What... Read More

Perhaps it is the approach of the new millenium, but a shift away from accumulating for the sake of accumulating can be seen on every bookshelf. Thousands of words are devoted to simplifying your life and soothing your soul. With... Read More