Philly Tales Blog

As I aged, I noticed that sleeping got a little more challenging. I often wake up in the middle of the night, and it is frequently hard to get back...

Christmas is a time to dwell on the positive and miracles. I just learned about a true story that happened in 1917-1918, and it is as positive as y...

This post is not only about Kensington and Philadelphia but also the two crises that profoundly affected the residents of both and the entire count...

I have found some photos taken by Bulletin photographers and are from Temple University Digital Collection. I have enhanced and colorized them as I...

There were three parks that I visited in Kensington as a child. They were all important to me and my friends, as they represented some of the only ...

There were two kinds of Ys, the YMCA for men and the YWCA for women. We had a YWCA just around the corner from where I lived in the 100 block of We...

Organized Play Time Most of the time, when we were children, we played in the Streets of Kensington, Philadelphia. You name it, we did it. We used...

Free book will be available for 5 days starting at 3 AM on October 3rd. Occasionally, Amazon lets an author make an eBook FREE for a five-day per...

Every season growing up In Philly (Kensington for me) was a great experience. The snow in the winter provided many hours of fun. Spring brought a w...

"Spring has sprung," my grandfather, Pop, used to say. It was a time for celebration for him because he could go fishing again. Every April the 15t...

Philadelphia is considered one of the top locations for great restaurants and fantastic food. I mean, what could be better than an Italian Hoagie, ...

Note: I chose some images that relate to this article. You can see the other 35 images, plus over 1200 other images of historic Philadelphia, at h...