April & May 2019
April & May 2019 Color Issue
April & May 2019
Color Issue
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Take The Chill<br />
Challenge!<br />
Take an active role in demonstrating<br />
that you care about Cape <strong>May</strong> by making<br />
some energetic energy choices!<br />
• Buy locally and invest in and use your own reusable grocery bags<br />
• Invest in and use a reusable water bottle and coffee mug<br />
• Use cloth towels instead of paper<br />
• Conserve water in many ways – turn off completely when not in use<br />
like when cleaning your teeth<br />
• Cut your shower time and use cooler water<br />
• Rinse and Recycle all that you can<br />
• When you can, ride a bike or walk<br />
• Be respectful of our trees<br />
• Find local farmers markets and shop there – it’s fresh and fun<br />
• Carry litter from the beach and use containers provided<br />
• Dry towels and clothing on a clothes line when possible<br />
• STOP idling your car<br />
• Turn off lights when not in use/needed<br />
• Use LED light bulbs and unplug electronics when not in use<br />
• Grow your flower or vegetable garden with plants that attract bees<br />
and butterflies, and require less water<br />
• Tread lightly – explore local nature centers and trails<br />
• Build responsibly – Support Green Energy!<br />
ACT PERSONALLY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR THE<br />
CAPE MAY COMMUNITY WE ALL LOVE!<br />
Environmental Commission meets fourth Tuesday each month at<br />
11am in City Hall. All are welcome. Get involved! THANK YOU!<br />
“dump of The Point”... has so much courage. Has grown with love.<br />
Has the soul of our family in every speck of sand hidden in the corners<br />
of the outdoor shower. It has become us, and we are it.<br />
And so today, as I stand on the deck of the lighthouse, I look<br />
towards the future. The future is standing next to me. It’s her first<br />
time, and I show her how to spot our house from up here, a child’s<br />
rite of passage at this sacred place. She’s scared of being so high<br />
at<br />
first, but quickly finds her<br />
bravery. She counts the steps all the way down. I know the number,<br />
but I know hers will be different and she will get an even different<br />
one next time. It’s my first time, too. My first time handing down<br />
the traditions of my fathers to those who will carry the torch when<br />
I am gone. My first time explaining the concrete ship and the World<br />
War II tower. My first time finding Cape <strong>May</strong> Diamonds for excited<br />
eyes. My first time showing little hands how to put on their beach<br />
tag. It’s my first time, and I’m not ready for it to end.<br />
I know that the future of this place, of your place, is uncertain.<br />
I know that families age, that money is finite and that time is not<br />
endless. I know<br />
that every summer<br />
in your shadow is<br />
a blessing. I know<br />
it could be the last<br />
one soon. But even<br />
with that, I want to<br />
promise you something.<br />
I want you<br />
to know that the<br />
bricks, the wood,<br />
the mold and the<br />
mildew of this little<br />
temple are a part of<br />
us now. That they<br />
could disappear<br />
tomorrow and they<br />
would be alive in our<br />
hearts. That what<br />
Lauren Eadline and fiance Brad Corrigan<br />
you have given us<br />
has given this house immortality. And I promise to hand it down<br />
another day, or another lifetime. I promise nothing will be forgotten.<br />
I promise you that.<br />
There’s not much more to say, I think. And not much more time:<br />
the beach is next, with rollercoaster rides tonight. She can’t wait<br />
to try my father’s favorite ice cream and my brother’s favorite funnel<br />
cake. I can’t wait to show her the way my grandmother’s favorite<br />
Ferris wheel overlooks the miles and miles of Wildwood beach<br />
which has become such a part of our Eadline summers. We have<br />
things to do, you see, so I should go. The face of our family would be<br />
different. It wouldn’t be us. It wouldn’t be us without you and without<br />
this place. So I guess I just wanted to say thank you. Thank you<br />
for building our little empire in this little corner of the Jersey Shore.<br />
Thank you for passing it down. Thank you for giving us stories to<br />
tell. Thank you for standing next to me on that lighthouse, for guiding<br />
my hand to Lake Lilly when I pointed her home.<br />
Thank you, for Cape <strong>May</strong> Point.<br />
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