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Psychiatry with heart

March 20, 2018 carllavo

Historic Fallsington’s Tom Kirkbride revolutionized medicine in the 1800s. My family might have insisted on medical evaluation had I been…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Insanity, Kirkbride Plan, lunatic asylum, Quaker education, Thomas Story Kirkbride, Trenton Psychiatric Hospital, University of Pennsylvania medical school

George vs. Abe

February 19, 2018 carllavo

Contrasts between two presidents with wartime ties to Bucks County. One founded the nation and fought for it in Bucks…

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Posted in: Bucks County, Uncategorized Filed under: bristol borough, Washington Crossing Historic Park

Washington slept here

December 4, 2017 carllavo 3d Comments

By George, he really did sleep around in Bucks County during the Revolution. There’s a display case of George S.…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: American Revolution, Black Bass Inn, Continental Army, Hannah Harris house, Hannah Moland House, Jonathan kFell House, Sam Merrick House, Summerseat, William Keath house

The Poconos of Bucks

October 2, 2017 carllavo 2d Comments

Finland in Upper Bucks was once a tourism hot spot for Philly’s “fancy people”. Mary Anne gave me a sideways…

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This old mill

August 21, 2017 carllavo

The 267-year-old Achey’s Mill in Upper Bucks has been transformed into an incredible home. Faithful reader Tracy Kramer recently invited…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Achey's Mill Tracy Kramer, grind stone, grist mill, Japanese Chins, Joseph Millard, milford square, quakertown

Take a nautical time warp

August 20, 2017 carllavo

If you have stamina, a voyage between 2017 and 1683 is within your reach. Come with us. My job on…

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Claire’s Day

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Bucks County fans trekked to Cooperstown to celebrate Langhorne’s Hall of Famer. Before all the speeches, before the parade of…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Claire Smith, Cooperstown, Langhorne, Major League Baseball, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Neshaminy High School

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