I noticed my across the street neighbor shoring up a leaning gate in his 6’ privacy fence which separates his property from the road. I seldom see anyone other than yard crews over there as they always seem to be travelling, so to see the actual owner is a real rarity. Truth is, I’ve only spoken with the man once in the 27 years they’ve lived there ( Read more... )

So I’m really trying to like Mastodon. There are a lot of nuances I haven’t experimented with, or discovered. I recently found I can ‘follow’ a ‘hashtag,’ so I followed #furry… heh, what comes up the majority of the time though is artwork, NSFW type artwork, with overly exaggerated genitals being used… creatively? Love and let love, but this was ( Read more... )

What's up, doc? I realize how long it's been between posts, but I'm just not feeling my furry self these days. Almost everyone I used to interact with on any social media has grown quiet. Or is it just me? Or maybe Sunday's full moon. I've gotten introspective on this, and don't like my conclusions. Onward.

-Hurricane Henri is supposed to bear down ( Read more... )

We are the last State to celebrate the Japanese surrender and the end of hostilities in the Pacific Theater, aka Victory Day aka VJ Day. This has been a point of honor among veterans, and embarrassment among those who would like to see the day relegated to Governor’s Beach Day or some other less contentious title in the age of friendlier relations ( Read more... )

Just watched “Woodstock: Three Days That Defined A Generation” on this the 50th Anniversary of the festival. It’s an American Experience / PBS offering on Netflix, but is also online- https://www.woodstockdocumentary.com/Read more... )

The deleted post from the other day concerning Richard Concepcion was written by his good friend William Hohauser. I did not know the relationship of the author to RTR but a new post last evening sums that up-

From Facebook, by William Hohauser, with the author's permission to cut and paste ( 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... )