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Around Town with Pam

Pam Bounds is a well-known artist living in Milton who holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in fine art. She will be sharing humorous and thoughtful observations about life in Sussex County and beyond.

Around Town with Pam

Fireflies are the best night-lights

Pam Bounds

3 weeks ago

Where are the fireflies? I used to look forward to their arrival in spring, perhaps late May or…

Coastal grandma vibe has many interpretations

Pam Bounds

1 month ago

I've heard the term "Coastal Grandma" a few times lately and wondered what it meant. I am now a…

March is the month of the lion and the lamb

Pam Bounds

2 months ago

An old saying warns that March usually comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. I also…

The glue that binds – a sticky Valentine

Pam Bounds

3 months ago

One of my first experiences with glue was creating the big paper-festooned Valentine mailbox in…

An artist's eyes require special care

Pam Bounds

4 months ago

As an artist, my eyes are very important to me. They are somewhat green, the color of the…

Holiday arts and crafts in new venue for Milton…

Pam Bounds

5 months ago

The Holly Festival in Milton this year will be a little different for me. In times past, I was…

Nanticoke Indian Museum is an intriguing place to…

Pam Bounds

6 months ago

At a recent driver's education class, I unexpectedly met a fascinating lady. We shared some stories…

The Milton Theatre builds on history to create…

Pam Bounds

7 months ago

My memories of the Milton Theatre go way back. As a child and young teen, I traipsed down the big…

Remembering summer's pleasures, looking forward…

Pam Bounds

8 months ago

Fall is drawing near. Cooler temperatures are heralding what many medical professionals consider a…

Enduring spirit of Rehoboth’s Tideline Gallery

Pam Bounds

10 months ago

The Tideline Gallery has been a fixture on Rehoboth Avenue for more than 40 years. Before that, my…

The Rapunzel Syndrome has caught my eye

Pam Bounds

10 months ago

I've noticed a fashion trend lately in women and even men, although not so recently in men. It…

Reflections on 40+ years exhibiting at St. Peter’s…

Pam Bounds

11 months ago

St. Peter's Art Show began the summer of 1966, when I had just graduated from Milton High School…

Pay attention to small warnings

Pam Bounds

1 year ago

It started out like most Wednesdays. Getting up around 8 or 9 a.m., fetching the News Journal from…

I've been around here a long time

Pam Bounds

1 year ago

I started a painting that I've done a few times in the past, the semi-long-ago past. It's laborious…

I love my earrings – but not my ears ringing!

Pam Bounds

1 year ago

We often take our health for granted, and I've been mostly guilty of this. Things have been tense…

‘You never caused us any trouble,’ they said

Pam Bounds

1 year ago

My mother said a long time ago that I never caused them (my parents) any trouble. She even wrote on…

Seeing things from a distance

Pam Bounds

1 year ago

Remember the biblical story of the Tower of Babel, with everyone speaking different languages and…

Let’s talk about all these newcomers to Milton

Pam Bounds

1 year ago

When the feisty old lady across the street died one night, the only way I knew was that there were…

Television tales through the years

Pam Bounds

1 year ago

I recently had issues with my cable provider – again. The automated voice assistant kept wanting me…

Beloved doctors of the past

Pam Bounds

1 year ago

I like to be warm, funny, fuzzy and nostalgic in my writings, but I was planning to write my next…

Snow days in Milton, past and present

Pam Bounds

1 year ago

"Old Man January" as I call him is now upon us. Except for Scorpio, most of my planets are in…

Christmas in 1950s Milton

Pam Bounds

1 year ago

I used to spend Saturday mornings watching “The Rifleman" on our black-and-white TV. It was my…

It’s time to celebrate the holly days in Milton

Pam Bounds

1 year ago

It's finally December, and the air has definitely turned chilly. Dry leaves blow down Chestnut…

My fond memories of Return Day in Sussex County

Pam Bounds

1 year ago

I've been enjoying Return Day in my native Sussex County since the early 1980s. I was fortunate…

Much more than a passport photo

Pam Bounds

1 year ago

I recently ventured into the Milton Mail Boxes business located in the Food Lion Shopping Center at…

Signs around Milton tell various stories

Pam Bounds

1 year ago

With the big election coming up, there are more signs around Milton than ever. I, for one, don't…

Life-changing words: ‘Buck up, girl!’

Pam Bounds

1 year ago

My father died suddenly and unexpectedly during my senior year of college, although I continued on…

Back-to-school season evokes memories

Pam Bounds

1 year ago

In late August and early September as we drove past the golden fields of Sussex County on the way…

Milton Fire Department Crab Feast is an end-of-…

Pam Bounds

1 year ago

All the crabs you can eat, corn on the cob, fried chicken, hot dogs and community fellowship all…

To all the aliens way out there – I am your friend…

Pam Bounds

1 year ago

I've always been interested in aliens, maybe in more of a fashion-oriented way. I went to college…

The BlackFly lands at Eagle Crest Road

Pam Bounds

1 year ago

My second Flyboys of Summer story has to include my friend John Chirtea. I first met him at the…

The flyboys of summer

Pam Bounds

1 year ago

We were driving home to Milton through the Redden Forest after a Saturday evening dinner in…

Women’s winter is not about climate change

Pam Bounds

1 year ago

Everyone knows that with global warming, summers are getting hotter. Heat domes hover over entire…

The story behind Pepper's Greenhouses

Pam Bounds

1 year ago

My first memory of a friend and childhood playmate when I was 4 or 5, or maybe even 6, was the…

Portrait of an elegant lady

Pam Bounds

1 year ago

I'm going to paint a verbal portrait of an elegant lady I met at the Village Improvement…

A puggin’ tooth is no laughing matter

Pam Bounds

2 years ago

There is an old Shakespeare sonnet that if I can remember goes something like this, "When daffodils…

Dear Pam and Just Say No

Pam Bounds

2 years ago

Sometimes I think people already know the answers to their problems, but they just write to Abigail…

Many happy returns – if you do it right

Pam Bounds

2 years ago

Last week, Jeff opened a package of printer ink and found that it had dried up and wouldn't perform…

The trip – and the memories – of a lifetime!

Pam Bounds

2 years ago

My husband Jeff surprised me at our Class of '66 get-together on New Year's Eve by announcing that…

My specialty is things lost and not found

Pam Bounds

2 years ago

Now that April Fools’ Day has come and gone, I know when I feel the most foolish is when I've…

Let them eat cereal – really?!

Pam Bounds

2 years ago

Recently, Kellogg's CEO Gary Pilnick recommended that families serve "cereal for supper" to…

It’s time for spring cleaning – but is that your…

Pam Bounds

2 years ago

For many folks, it's soon going to be time for spring cleaning, but I'd like to share a poem with…

Falling through a snow-covered roof

Pam Bounds

2 years ago

Last time I wrote to you about close calls, and I promise you it will not be an ongoing series –…

A trip to Mexico with my mother

Pam Bounds

2 years ago

Spending any amount of time with my mother was always a close call. Her temper was usually short…

Close calls can happen anywhere, near or far

Pam Bounds

2 years ago

A cigarette burning red as the man slouched against his appliance repair truck glowed bright in the…

A Festivus for the rest of us

Pam Bounds

2 years ago

What is it about millennials and seared brussels sprouts? A vegetable my generation eschewed seems…

Happy New Year and more from Xfinity

Pam Bounds

2 years ago

We had been eagerly awaiting the last 10 episodes of the Netflix series "The Crown" for almost a…

The Shang Hai Restaurant in Milford is a friendly…

Pam Bounds

2 years ago

It seemed like a foggy Saturday night in Chinatown as we ventured up Route 30 to Milford. 2024 is…

The Shepherd’s Office - serving the homeless, hungry…

Pam Bounds

2 years ago

The cynical side of me that has whispered in my ear, "No good deed goes unpunished," has been put…

It's getting cold outside, and critters want in…

Pam Bounds

2 years ago

My daughter Misty, who I've always thought was psychic, has told me that when an animal or bird…

Pam the Elder: It's my 75th birthday!

2 years ago

It'll soon be my 75th birthday, Nov. 5. Reaching three-quarters of a century is daunting, and what…

Commercials past and present haunt me

Pam Bounds

2 years ago

"Young homeowners becoming their parents" is my favorite commercial playing on TV these days. The…

No wonder doors stay closed these days

Pam Bounds

2 years ago

I noticed it on a smothering-hot August afternoon during the massive heat wave that enveloped…

It's finally pumpkin season!

Pam Bounds

2 years ago

It's pumpkin season, or should I say pre-pumpkin season, since it begins so early? I'm not…

Really red tomatoes are summer delights

Pam Bounds

2 years ago

Tomatoes were mostly a garnish to me, just a bright-red circlet on my plate or part of the stack…

The Conestoga wagon of the future

Pam Bounds

2 years ago

My relationship with cars has always been an intrepid one. When I was a teenager, my parents…

The bug man cometh

Pam Bounds

2 years ago

The Bug Man Cometh. Yes, he must come, and soon! What are those fine wood shavings on my bathroom…

Hold the mirror to their face

Pam Bounds

2 years ago

It was Monday and I was shopping at Food Lion once again. This was partly because I had hoped that…

When can you entertain me for a few days?

Pam Bounds

2 years ago

She wasn't really asking for a few days at the beach or viewing seaside attractions, as one would…

A trip to the grocery store is not as simple as it…

Pam Bounds

2 years ago

Once a week, usually on a Monday, I make my foray to Food Lion. It's both a social adventure and an…