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.

The trip – and the memories – of a lifetime!

Pam Bounds
2 days 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 weeks 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
4 weeks ago
Recently, Kellogg's CEO Gary Pilnick recommended that families serve "cereal for supper" to beat...

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

Pam Bounds
1 month 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
1 month 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 months 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 months 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
3 months 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
3 months 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 place

Pam Bounds
4 months 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
4 months 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
5 months 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!

5 months 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
6 months 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
6 months ago
I noticed it on a smothering-hot August afternoon during the massive heat wave that enveloped the...

It's finally pumpkin season!

Pam Bounds
6 months 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
7 months 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
7 months ago
My relationship with cars has always been an intrepid one. When I was a teenager, my parents...

The bug man cometh

Pam Bounds
8 months 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
8 months 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
9 months 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
9 months ago
Once a week, usually on a Monday, I make my foray to Food Lion. It's both a social adventure and an...

Everyone's keeper - or, mind your own beeswax!

Pam Bounds
10 months ago
I was pushing my grocery cart through the Weis supermarket in Long Neck. True, it wasn't a...

Repairmen — we need as many as we can get!

Pam Bounds
10 months ago
I just read (in the Cape Gazette) a list of recent apprenticeship training graduates from Sussex...

I wonder as I wonder

Pam Bounds
11 months ago
At the risk of composing a sermonette about the world today, I wax quixotic about the state of...

The Back Porch Café is much more than a restaurant

Pam Bounds
11 months ago
In the mid-1970s, a unique restaurant that seemed to define that era came to Rehoboth Avenue. The...

The hidden secrets of my sofa

Pam Bounds
1 year ago
It's my own little corner of the world! When I was quarantined aboard the COVID ship on the North...

Easter Sunday on Chestnut Street

Pam Bounds
1 year ago
In the old movie, "The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone," from an original story by Tennessee Williams,...

When subs first invaded Milton

Pam Bounds
1 year ago
It was sometime in the early 1960s, I believe, when subs first came to Milton! And I mean the...

The brave new world of customer service

Pam Bounds
1 year ago
Being a Luddite, or one who eschews technology, I am often forced to rely on the vast resources of...

No good deed goes unpunished

Pam Bounds
1 year ago
I spotted it as I made my final turn at the end of the shopping aisles in Food Lion – the large,...

The many faces of love

Pam Bounds
1 year ago
Valentine's Day is coming soon, just a few days from the appearance of this column, and as I lay...

The making of a writer is a lifelong process

Pam Bounds
1 year ago
Every artist should be blessed with a muse, and mine was visual art, more specifically painting. I...

Some of the wild women I have known

Pam Bounds
1 year ago
My relationships with women as friends are not usually of the long-lasting variety. My mother was...

66 in ’66 - Still friends after all these years!

Pam Bounds
1 year ago
Most class reunions only happen every five or so years, but my Milton high school Class of 1966...

My hardware store friends keep me looking good

Pam Bounds
1 year ago
The friendly guys at the local hardware stores have provided help and good fortune for me since my...

Exploring my favorite Georgetown finds and friends

Pam Bounds
1 year ago
I'm driving into Georgetown on a Friday evening, but am I entering the county seat or window-...

‘Harvest Home’ is more than a beautiful hymn

Pam Bounds
1 year ago
While I have not been a fervent churchgoer, there is one beautiful, somber, seasonal hymn that has...

It’s my birthday!

Pam Bounds
1 year ago
Tomorrow, Nov. 5, 2022, is my 74th birthday. Birthdays were never big in my family. Although I've...

For me, it's costume time all the time

Pam Bounds
1 year ago
Surprisingly, I was never really into party or holiday costumes. Other people seem to enjoy them,...

Everyday people are art lovers too

Pam Bounds
1 year ago
"Sometimes I'm right and I can be wrong/ My own beliefs are in my song/ The butcher, the banker...

Fond memories of 'going away to school' in the ‘60s

Pam Bounds
1 year ago
Before escaping to college in New Mexico in 1966, I had never had a real boyfriend in high school...

Reflections on autumn warm the heart

Pam Bounds
1 year ago
"There is something in October sets the gypsy blood astir;/ We must rise and follow her,/ When from...

The Larry David of Sussex County

Pam Bounds
1 year ago
It's sometimes a juggling act to think up paintings and columns at the same time. I had a running...

Jehovah's Witnesses at my door – but not for long!

Pam Bounds
1 year ago
When I lived in Wilmington, Jehovah's Witnesses used to make the climb up our long, steep flight of...

A fond look back on a summer crush

Pam Bounds
1 year ago
It was the summer of '64 at our Dewey Beach cottage on Rodney Street. If you've ever seen the now-...

My Song of the South is full of memories

Pam Bounds
1 year ago
Growing up in Milton, my early years were a bit like a Truman Capote short story or a Tennessee...

The Flea Market at Laurel Junction draws me back ......

Pam Bounds
1 year ago
Singer/songwriter Joni Mitchell's art teacher once told her, "If you can paint with paints, you can...

It's art show season!

Pam Bounds
1 year ago
As I lay down my purchases to be checked out at Michael's, the young woman cashier asks, "Will...

Confessions of a Luddite

Pam Bounds
1 year ago
I write this as my husband Jeff yells into whatever kind of device he now has (that’s how out of...

The Trip of a Lifetime – or Lost at Sea

Pam Bounds
1 year ago
I write to you from my desk on a luxury ocean cruise ship on the North Sea. A year ago in March we...

Restaurants old and new, east and west of Route 1

Pam Bounds
1 year ago
I have to say that the Back Porch Café has been my favorite restaurant since its inception in the...

Rusty Rustbelt Paprika – an adventurer who always...

Pam Bounds
1 year ago
I decided I needed a new pet when we moved back to Milton in 2016, after losing my two Himalayan...

The season of the pink trees

Pam Bounds
2 years ago
Early spring is my favorite time of year. Many would guess October, with all of its festive orange...

Was I a Gypsy in a former life? A trip back

Pam Bounds
2 years ago
Even as a child, I was fascinated with Eastern Europe. I eschewed what I was told was my British...

Spots before someone else's eyes

Pam Bounds
2 years ago
A few weeks ago, I attended a funeral for a high school classmate. Beautiful inside and out, she...

Local auctions offer great theater

Pam Bounds
2 years ago
If you want to experience great impromptu theater and also get a taste of luxury along with finding...

The Grande Tour of 1964

Pam Bounds
2 years ago
When I was 16, my father came home in the middle of his workday carrying a small hardcover blue...

The Wild Woman of Art

Pam Bounds
2 years ago
The hands continually covered with paint tell the of life via a path less traveled, living the...

They never hand me the baby

Pam Bounds
2 years ago
My husband Jeff's family used to have a Christmas gift exchange every year. Adults drew names and...