open letter

I must speak frankly about the reaction to this past Monday's Amber Alert.

So this is my "open letter" or "opinion piece" or "op-ed" on something that just popped into my head as I took a quick walk through Downtown Toms River.

This weekend it's daylight saving time and with that, we get longer days as we spring ahead one hour on Saturday (March 9th) before you go to bed. Many folks love this time of year when we get daylight savings and longer days. The issue of daylight saving time has become a bigger issue in 19 states here in the U.S. a...

This is an OPEN LETTER to residents in Ocean County who litter our beautiful county with their filthy mouth rags. It's a problem you see more and more of, discarded masks littering our streets.

This is an open letter to the robots in New Jersey that are replacing us humans (I know you're smart enough to read this). I ran into a food store yesterday and I was met by an obnoxious six foot robot on wheels. It was slowly scanning the floor apparently looking for spills. It was right in my way and it didn't care. In fact, it seemed cocky. I always thought I was a pretty nice person, but I want to ram my cart into it. I actually wanted to wipe the smug robot smirk off its face, but I won't because he looks expensive.

Mother Nature we need sunshine and fresh air and mild temps....so we can get outside and enjoy.

You got it wrong again, Rock Hall.

You scared me and to be honest, we are both lucky things did not end horrifically.

You are irresponsible. You are selfish. In the words of Miranda Priestly, "That's all."

This is something that I have been wanting to get off my chest.

This is something I have been wanting to write about for a while but have previously chickened out. Today is the day.

Yes, restaurants have been allowed to reopen for outdoor dining but things are still FAR from normal. Please read if you plan to enjoy a meal out.