![NATIONAL CONTEST FOR FUTURE ASTRONAUTS](http://poconosecrets.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_5687-150x150.jpg)
SpaceKids Global Launches National Contest for Eight Students to Form the First SpaceKids Press Squad. Press Squad winners will fly to Florida for a two-day adventure to interview engineers and spacecraft designers, tour Blue Origin, and visit NASA’s Kennedy Space…
![Rosamond Pinchot Diaries](http://poconosecrets.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Rosamond-e1707407486533-150x150.jpg)
In addition to being the niece of Gifford Pinchot, Rosamond was cousin to Edie Sedgwick of Warhol fame; half-sister of Mary Pinchot Meyer – JFK’s lover; friend to Eleanor Roosevelt and Elizabeth Arden. Rosamond was a stunning socialite who died at the age of thirty-three by her own hand.
![Winter Wonderland](http://poconosecrets.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Washington-Irving-150x150.jpg)
“Walking in a Winter Wonderland” the great traditional Christmas classic was written by Richard Smith, a native of Honesdale, PA. He was inspired to pen the lyrics after a snowfall blanketed Central Park. Smith had written the lyrics while in…
![Thank You for Your Service](http://poconosecrets.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/France-150x150.jpg)
November is the month to express thankfulness. It is also a time to remember and honor our veterans. So take time to express gratitude to those who have served to protect that which we hold dear. There are several organizations…
![Orbs - The Lightness of Beings?](http://poconosecrets.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ErniesORB-150x150.jpg)
While biking the towpath with a friend, Lynne, we stopped for a breather in Mt Moriah Cemetery, I mentioned something about ghosts and spirits. Lynne asked if I believed in ghosts. “I’m not sure, but if I had to choose,…
![Readers & Writers](http://poconosecrets.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Fierstein_Harvey-1200x1489-1-150x150.jpg)
The 2023 Milford Readers & Writers Festival kicks off 7p Friday evening, September 22, with a performance by Amanda McBroom at The Milford Theater. Saturday, September 23, 3:45-5p features Harvey Fierstein in Conversation with David Drake. Best known for Torch…