Readers & Writers
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…
Outdoor Entertainment
Living in the Pocono Mountains means great outdoor opportunities – hiking, biking, kayaking, fishing, theater and concerts. That’s right, outdoor entertainment is one of the area’s great summer gifts. One can often walk through the woods listening to the sounds…
A Writer’s Muse
The Pocono Mountains have always been an inspiration for writers. Notable authors who have lived or spent time here include Washington Irving, Zane Grey, Stephen Crane, Thomas Wolfe, Robert Frost, Ogden Nash, Kurt Vonnegut, Frank McCourt and many more. Damon…
Musings – a Collection of Short Stories by Local Authors
What happens when a group of local creatives put their ideas together with a dream? A collection of short stories titled Musings is born and it will amuse and delight readers of all ages. “A vision that started fourteen months…
Zoe Comes Home
a Dark Comedy written by Melissa Bell Meet Melissa Bell. Melissa is a writer, singer, creator, collaborator. Born in Ohio grew up in New Jersey, followed by New York City and now Damascus, PA. Melissa has been nominated for numerous…
Gertrude Hawk
The Sweet Success of a Visionary Woman Northeast Pennsylvania is home to several national brand products. Planters Peanuts was founded by Amedeo Obici and Mario Peruzzi in 1906 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. D.G. Yuengling & Son is a brewery that is…
Cornelia Elizabeth Pinchot
Known as Leila to her friends, Ms. Pinchot was an outspoken activist, reformer and suffragist. Born in 1881 in Newport, Rhode Island, to a wealthy and politically connected family. In 1914 she married Gifford Pinchot, father of the American Conservation…
Sarah Mary Benjamin
Driving along PA371, just west of Pleasant Mount, nestled between the Pocono and Endless Mountains, is a historical marker in honor of Sarah Mary Benjamin. Sarah Mathews was born in the mid-1750s in Connecticut. Her family had moved from the…
Poconos Inspired Forward Thinking
Charles Fourier was born in 1772. He’s known as a French philosopher and early socialist thinker. In fact, he started as a hard-working traveling salesman. He wanted to be an engineer but only sons of a nobleman were granted that…
Local Author Marylou Webster Ambrose: Your Numbers Up
I first met Marylou through our writers group, PencilsNEPA. (November 2018: www.poconosecrets.com/pencilsnepa). I became a quick fan of Marylou’s writing, especially her character development and humor. In this, her first novel, readers will not be disappointed! When traveling, I love…