In 1969, when I turned 21, I was working for Lucas Lumber in Levittown Pennsylvania, which was a family-owned retail lumber business. They sold hardware and paint and such, but also ran a small millwork shop for a variety of… Continue Reading →
I’ve seen a lot of solar panels sprouting on Levittown roofs lately. It caused me to wonder if in the not-too-distant future, we will be seeing a lot more sunlight reflecting off rooftops which would give a whole new perspective… Continue Reading →
My world was small when I was eight and yet I did not know it—I thought it so large. Siblings, parents and I started out in a new Levittown just built; We came from Trenton and before that Allentown; before… Continue Reading →
There are a lot of people of a certain age (like me) who remember the mosquito truck that would navigate through neighborhoods spraying a chemical fog. When we were kids in the ‘50s and ‘60s, whenever the mosquito man came… Continue Reading →
[Listen to the audio version by using the player below.] What is consciousness really? Is it merely the function of the brain that has its origins in the organic processes of that organ? Is there something spiritual about the nature… Continue Reading →
[Listen to the audio version by using the player below.] A pendulum can be soothing to watch as the rhythm of the back, and forth motion sets a resonate pace. And if it is accompanied by a ‘tick-tock’ from an… Continue Reading →
I admit that I don’t watch Fox News, – I can’t take it and have even gone so far on a business trip as to check out of a hotel that constantly aired it in all of the common areas…. Continue Reading →
**Originally published in the Lower Bucks Reader. Written by Kevin Deeny.** How We Voted We are a people with different concepts of where we are now and where we would like to be in the future. The election process in… Continue Reading →
*This piece by Kevin Deeny has been updated from its original publication in the Levittown Leader.* Levittown, Pennsylvania has always had an identity problem. It is as Dianne Harris notes in her book “The Second Suburb: Levittown, PA”, that our… Continue Reading →
© 2024 A Focus on Levittown PA — Powered by WordPress
Theme by Anders Noren — Up ↑