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A MOTHER’S PRAYER
When I close my eyes at night, I pray through the tears of pure delight.
Knowing I taught my children to stand up right, and to walk with pride and never look back.
While staying on the right track and staying within the walls of their faith. This is why they will never walk alone.
When they stop and listen – to a mother that cares, while holding on – to a mother’s prayer.
By Lenny Jaynes
AT THE END OF THE DAY
When the shadows Fall, and there’s no one to depend on, you can depend on me.
When you’re home all alone and all your friends are gone, at the end of the day, and nothing’s going your way – you can always call on me.
When you climb the stairs and turn the key and if no one is there, and you need someone to care, you can depend on me.
At the end of the day and nothing’s going your way – you can always call on me.
I’m just a friend, that’s all I’ve ever been, you can always call on me;
At the end of the day, all I can say – is thank you for being – my friend.
By Lenny Jaynes
The Friends of Overington Park invites residents and neighbors to join us for free upcoming events, food distributions, and clean up service days in park.
Get involved and join us every first Tuesday of the month for our park meetings.
The Historical Society of Frankford (HSF) today invites the public to hear Roger Turner, curator of instruments and artifacts at the Science History Institute of Philadelphia, speak at its monthly meeting on April 14, 2026, at 7:30 PM. The doors open at
7:00 PM.
His topic will be “Weird, Wonderful, Playful and Profound: Treasures of the Science
History Institute”. The venue is the HSF library/museum, located at 1507 Orthodox St,
Philadelphia. The event is free and open to the public, and parking is available across Orthodox
Street at the Frankford Friends School. Light refreshments will be served.
The Science History Institute is a free museum in Old City Philadelphia with some fascinating stuff.
This talk explores surprising stories behind a few remarkable things from the collections. Why did
Beatrix Potter draw mice around a Bunsen burner dreaming of toasted cheese? What can we learn
about the history of plastic from a washed-up Lego dragon, an ESPN producer’s vuvuzela, and a
song by Shel Silverstein? Added together, these stories illustrate some of the ways that science and
technology have created the world we live in today.
Roger Turner is the curator of instruments and artifacts at the Science History Institute in
Philadelphia, USA. He studies the role of science in our daily lives, from chemistry labs to pollution
control to weather forecasting. Among his recent exhibits are “How to Read a Plastic Bag,” and
“Astroturf: Field of Contention.” His favorite scientific instrument is a spectrometer that has a label
warning users about its “emotional crisis detector”.
