Category Archives: New England Life
Thursday Doors – Town-ish Doors
Summer activity is in full swing around here, which is putting a crimp on doorscurrsions and, to a lesser degree, time for writing. I had a plan for this week’s Monday post and Thursday Doors. When Monday’s post went off … Continue reading
Posted in New England Life, Thursday Doors
Tagged Doors, ThursdayDoors, Town Hall, windsor locks, Windsor Locks Canal
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Thursday Doors – Georgetown MA
Earlier this week, I was staying in Burlington, Massachusetts. On my way to Burlington, my GPS stopped working. Normally, this wouldn’t be a problem, I’ve been to Burlington often enough that I don’t really need directions. However, the day after … Continue reading
Posted in New England Life, Thursday Doors
Tagged Georgetown MA, GPS, iPhone, one room school, traffic
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Thursday Doors – Railroad Doors
If I know my regular readers, they’ve been expecting this post. Initially, I thought I’d hang on to it until winter and surprise you with a blast from the past set of bright sunny summer doors. I can’t. I just … Continue reading
Posted in History, New England Life, Thursday Doors
Tagged blogging, Naughatuck Railroad, RMNE, Train, Train Station
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One-Liner Wednesday – Feeding Time
“Don’t look out the window!” No, there’s no boogieman. No political candidates. It’s not the season for Girl Scout cookies. No one is asking for a contribution… well, no human that is. Our yard has become a bit of an … Continue reading
Posted in New England Life, One Line Wed
Tagged Birds, bunnies, chipmunk, cute, digging, feeding, squirrel
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Let’s Enjoy Summer
Last Wednesday, at 12:24 AM, the Summer Solstice occurred. That’s it folks, it’s a downhill slide to winter from this point on. If you are reading this post when it is published, you can expect one less minute of daylight … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, New England Life
Tagged bunnies, eagles, Mother Nature, Solstice, summer, summertime, vegetable
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It’s Raining – Set the Voices Free
Whether you realize it or not, this is your lucky day. We know what Dan was working on. It wasn’t that good, but he was gonna smush it around and stick It out here anyway. We didn’t want to let … Continue reading
Posted in New England Life, SoCS
Tagged 000 Maniacs, 10, bonus points, Computers, furlong, Metric System, Natalie Merchant, oxen, Stream of Consciousness Saturday, weather
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Ham Sandwiches Peanut Butter Eggs & Maddie
While you might be expecting an intricately woven story of a holiday weekend…I got nothing. That’s not entirely true, but it’s Sunday. It’s Easter. And, due to the distractions mentioned in the title, I don’t have time to write my … Continue reading
