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1997 was an interesting year for me. I left Florida and moved to Marlton, New Jersey in November 1995. Marlton is a census-designated unincorporated community located in Evesham Township, New Jersey. The background of Marlton and Evesham Township is quite interesting and should you want to delve into some history here is the link Evesham Township, New Jersey.

Marlton is about 20 minutes from Philadelphia, which we would frequent the shops, restaurants, and bars on South Street. I loved it because it was a whole new experience for me. I adored the change of the seasons and since my favorite season is fall, I fell in love with Marlton. Fall festivals were in abundance and enticing aromas of fall would fill the air. The weather was crisp and cool and I could wear my favorite fall clothes.

This time in my life was an interesting chapter and I will chat more about Marlton, and the North American Blizzard of 1996 in my next Tuesday Chatter.

Tidbits and Pieces – the year 1997

General Hodge-Podge

Microsoft becomes the worlds most valuable company at $261 billion; Internet Explorer 4 debuts; Woolworth’s closes the remaining discount stores; the largest merger in history is announced by Worldcom and MCI; the successful cloning of a sheep named Dolly is announced by scientists in Scotland.

People

Princess Diana dies in a car crash in Paris; Tony Blair becomes the PM of the United Kingdom; Mother Teresa dies in Calcutta; Tiger Woods at 21 becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters; a civil jury finds OJ Simpson guilty; Madeleine Albright becomes the first female Secretary of State in the US.

Average Costs in the US

Annual income is $37,000; the cost of a new house is $124,100; monthly Rent $576; cost of new car $16,900 and to fill it up is $1.22 per gallon.

Weather

A tornado spins through Jarrell, TX leaving 27 dead; the Greenhouse Effect is causing an increase in ground ice breaking off in Alaska; Pakistan shakes due to a quake leaving 45 dead

Music and Culture

Paul McCartney of The Beatles is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II; Steve Irwin’s, The Crocodile Hunter, debuts; Ellen DeGeneres admits she is gay in front of 42 million TV viewers; the longest prime-time running series is the Simpsons; Elton John releases Candle In the Wind 1997 as a tribute to Princess Diana; Disney’s Lion King opens in NYC at the New Amsterdam Theater.

Disquieted by recent events

Where’s the common sense

So much hurry and flurry

A clock face paled and blurry

Paperdoll sheeple lead the parade

So proud of their masquerade

Masking faces and playing aces

 Don’t have a name but have a game

Asking where to lay the blame

The playground bully is an adult

A master of the word insult

Let’s clink cups before time’s up

And chat about wazzup

Have you heard of fake news

Can it be accused

Is mindfulness a lost art

We’d know if we were smart

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