The state of trying to find gainful employment, and the tools you can use to incorporate this endeavor, are at a pathetically low point. One of the online leaders is Indeed – (a search engine that aggregates job listings from many sources and allows job seekers to search. It also allows seekers to post their […]
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Indeed, winter is a fickle companion. Its cold touch creeps and settles into weary bones. It crawls, hovers and lingers in every nook and crevice. As much as we prepare, there is little we can do to escape it. The intrusive nature of this force is beyond our capabilities and so we learn to live
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In times of uncertainty and distress, there is nothing better than comforting food, a good drink, and service that makes it feel like home. On a crisp, remarkably cold day, a restaurant off of Rt 78 West, named Trap Rock Restaurant & Brewery, provided a much needed respite for The Pear Tree Project team and
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Right now, the world feels like it’s been turned upside down, knocked off its heels, helpless on the ground. The good fortune of one person comes at the expense of the dignity and birthright of another. It’s like we’re being commanded to turn against our sisters and brothers. Perhaps the space ordinarily filled with words
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Did You Know? The Washington Commanders are going to the NFC Championship game for the first time in 33 years after defeating the Detroit Lions 45-31 on Saturday night. HAIL! This gloomy, wet Saturday began with soup and a stroll, Rahway’s Soup Stroll to be exact. The Pear Tree Project partook in this culinary delight
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Just a perfect day Drink sangria in the park And then later, when it gets dark We go home Just a perfect day Feed animals in the zoo Then later a movie, too And then home Oh, it’s such a perfect day I’m glad I spent it with you Oh, such a perfect day You
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Ghost of Christmas Past Professor Hinkle Said ~ Before there were interminable to-do lists, slack-jawed ingrates who share your office space, wrath-inducing traffic jams, and the daily derision of the peace on earth concept; there was the Planet of the Apes fortress (suitable for ages 8 & up). I recollect being 11 when my “Pop-Pop”,
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This morning, like many other mornings, I take the long walk from the parking lot to my place of work. The air is crisp and my stride purposeful – get out of the cold! This march is well thought out, if I cross the street before the first intersection I can avoid the heavy smell
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Grantland Rice Said ~ “Outlined against a blue-gray October sky, the Four Horsemen rode again. In dramatic lore they are known as Famine, Pestilence, Destruction and Death. These are only aliases. Their real names are Stuhldreher, Miller, Crowley and Layden. They formed the crest of the South Bend cyclone before which another fighting Army football
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*(Quick note – please click the Podcast link in the email below if you want to listen to our latest program with Kristin Aurelia. Thank You & now back to our regularly scheduled blog) … She Said ~ At times, the words come unrestrained, unbothered by the confines of subject matter. The slippery slope on
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