By: Mary Fran Bontempo To hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below. Owning a car is one of those things we Americans equate with freedom. Being able to jump in the car and get to work, run errands or just drive and enjoy this great country of ours is a gift. Unless it isn't. Sometimes having a car is a ticket to the land of obligation. You [...]
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Even if you're not a dog lover, you've gotta love this. Enjoy! --Mary Fran
By: Mary Fran Bontempo Nik Wallenda is a praying man. It's a good thing, too, as the aerial artist has a tendency to do things that appear to require some serious divine intervention. Last summer, Wallenda walked a tightrope over Niagara Falls, a distance of 1800 feet, at 200 feet above the churning Niagara River. Sunday night, the daredevil (or mental case, your choice) stepped across the Grand Canyon, a 1400 [...]
One of the great things about 'The Art of Illustration,' the first Members Show of the Bucks County Illustrators Society this coming week, is that this cartoon will never happen there - there isn't one piece of art in our show that you'll scratch your head over and think, 'Now what is that supposed to be?' That's because the art from magazines, sports cards, children’s stories and fantasy books appeals to people - [...]
Hard to believe we lived through our childhoods when you think of life today. Enjoy this blast from the past! --Mary Fran
By: Mary Fran Bontempo To hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below. Sometimes I think this privacy thing is overrated. The recent disclosures by computer nerd and privacy protector (and possibly, traitor), Edward Snowden over the scope of the U.S. National Security Administration’s snooping into our private communications has created a firestorm of protest. Seems everyone is horrified to learn that the NSA has been snuffling [...]
