Introducing the Villa’s Winged Friends…

Published just over a year after I had a chance to visit The Villa Birds hanging out in the lobby of
the retirement community in Pleasantville, NJ where my mom was under the care of The Hospitaler Sisters of Mercy. Please enjoy the story of Skip Gladue’s gift to the community at the Villa Raffaella.

Mr. Pete’s Music to Calm the Soul

40-days and 40-nights of shelter-in-place got you edgy? Mr. Pete has just what you need… 17 tracks of music that play well end-to-end. Music to Calm the Soul he calls it. Enjoy!

The Mouse Who Messed Up by Skip Gladue

C’s Christmas story guaranteed to bring smiles, stir up nostalgia for some and serve as a gentle reminder for all. Enjoy this tale penned by my mother, Skip Gladue, in 1995. She did an original Christmas story every year for her Seven Mile Reporter column in the Cape May County Herald.

Jukebox Sez: Madonna’s Holiday Feels So Right…

If we took a holiday… Just one day out of life… It would be, it would be so nice!

AWSI Musings: None for You! What the Hell?

The inconvenience store truth and its consequences… Read on as the #SaveOllie gang finds an even better way to mess with Peyton..