More old rescues I saved to my shed: horseshoes and stakes from my grandfather’s summer home* on Lake Winnipesaukee. He had a pit set up there where we would play every year when we visited on vacation.


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No, not the excellent movie, just more old junk.


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Like so many others, I’m trying to get my head around the new normal. The library is closed so I only go in to do minor tasks without interfacing with the public. Maybe I can get all of our computers up to Win10 now? My librarian son is manning phones at his branch, attempting to do ‘take out only’ for book requests. My daughter now works from ( Read more... )

I was at my brother's today going through some of the collected memories of my father today (those things that were important to him and now filed away in boxes). In the bottom of one box were several glass photographic plates, negatives, from around the 1890's, I believe. I base that on the appearance of the individuals in some of the photos that ( Read more... )

That day you realize that the odds of having grandchildren are slim to none.


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One of the most common complaints by new users of the library computers is that their home pcs are 'broken.' This is more frequent than we more savvy users might be aware of.  I say savvy but I could also say 'fortunate' or 'lucky.' It astounds me how many people click bad links and fu@k up their home computers. It amazes me more that there are so ( Read more... )

It's a rainy, windy Halloween here in RI. This isn't as bad as the years I took the kids door-to-door with a beach umbrella over them, but it's discouraging nonetheless ( Read more... )