by Jeff Slater | May 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
Since this weekend is Mother’s Day, I thought I would honor my mother by sharing an idea that I believe came from her almost 50 years ago. In the late 60’s and early 70’s, the first day of school was a special ritual in the Slater household on...
by Jeff Slater | Apr 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
A grandson returns to the neighborhood his grandfather photographed a half-century ago. He finds changes- and likenesses. This article was first published in Philadelphia Magazine in June 1978 For the first 12 years of her life my mother lived at 60th and Catharine,...
by Jeff Slater | Apr 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
The future blogger Jeff Slater at Camp Winadu in Pittsfield, Massachusetts in 1962From 1961-1969, for eight weeks each summer, I spent my formative years at sleep- away camp. Nestled in the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts, Camp Winadu was truly a haven for boys....
