by Nancy Herkness | Jul 9, 2010 | Adventures, Uncategorized
Another adventure! My friend, Rutgers University professor Marija Dalbello, introduced me to the coolest new park in New York City: the High Line. It’s been a long time under development, but the park is now open from 20th St. to Gansevoort St. (with more to...
by Nancy Herkness | Jun 19, 2010 | Adventures, Uncategorized
My good friend Ellen requested more photos from my visit to New Jersey’s Grounds for Sculpture. Since I LOVE to take pictures, I just happened to have a few more to share. Thank you, Ellen, for asking. And here they are…. This tiger is one of the newest...
by Nancy Herkness | Jun 13, 2010 | Adventures, travel, Uncategorized
My friend Betsy and I decided we were in a rut and needed to get out of town more often. So we promised each other we would go on one adventure every month. Our first was a trip to the Grounds for Sculpture near Trenton, NJ. We set out on the New Jersey Turnpike,...
by Nancy Herkness | Jun 6, 2010 | Charity Auction, Uncategorized
The results from Brenda’s 2010 Auction for Diabetes Research were fantastic! Thanks to supporters like you, my blog readers, the auction raised a record-breaking $285, 780 this year. That’s in a depressed economy! Clearly, readers are generous folks. ...
by Nancy Herkness | May 31, 2010 | Marching band, Uncategorized
…but then I thought of my father who served in World War II. And of my nephew who hasn’t met his new son because he’s on a ship somewhere near Iraq. And of an old, old friend whom I never see anymore, but who served as a military policeman in the...