Sunbeam General Store Blog

Baby Bird Down

Baby Bird Down

Each spring, a fair number of people come across a baby bird that is out of its nest and on the ground.  It is an event that often creates the dile...
Baby Bird Down

Baby Bird Down

Each spring, a fair number of people come across a baby bird that is out of its nest and on the ground.  It is an event that often creates the dile...
Family History

Family History

There has never been a moment in human history when your ancestors weren’t roaming around somewhere on planet Earth. They were here when hu...
Here, There, and Everywhere

Here, There, and Everywhere

While watching the clouds being whisked towards the east like sailing ships before a west wind, your mind may wander and imagine the places they wi...
Hunterdon County's Best Retailer 2020

Hunterdon County's Best Retailer 2020

Sunbeam General Store has won Hunderdon Happening's Best of 2020 award for Retail. 
Personal Names for Magical Places

Personal Names for Magical Places

There was a time when the lands and waters around you had no names, for naming is a human act – evidence of a geographic awareness and a product o...
Honeysuckle Sipping

Honeysuckle Sipping

When out walking, look along the path for honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) flowers.  These white and yellow flowers are hard to miss since they are...
Skunk Cabbage

Skunk Cabbage

Few are the poets who sing the praises of the earliest and largest of our spring flowers. But this is the fate of the skunk cabbage — a reddish-ma...