Shopping at Ruthfred (where?)
You have to like a development called Ruthfred Acres. Builder Fred Brown and his wife Ruth (thus the name) built it in the 1940s. It happens to be home to western Pennsylvania’s first strip mall,...
View ArticleMy ordinary life
Yesterday You know where the post office is?” the guy who cuts my hair said to me yesterday. I do. I even blogged about that post office. “Okay,” he said. “To get to the nursery, you follow that road...
View ArticleShopping at Ruthfred: an update
Well, the bank is gone. It just packed up and left a couple months ago. I am sorry about this because Ruthfred Acres Shopping Center ought to have a bank. This place—dating from the 1940s—is western...
View ArticleA little purchase
A few days ago I bought one of those sponge holders that attach to the side of the sink with suction cups. The old one was falling down a lot, not to mention looking a little worse for wear, and it was...
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