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NEW YEAR’S EVE 2018 — HAPPY NEW YEAR 2019
You have not heard from me since 25 November. I have missed writing my travel posts here, not to mention missing the adventures to share. Have you wondered why? My hips prevented many of my desired travels in 2018, as … Continue reading
TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS – SANTA’S LAND – AND MORE – 25 NOVEMBER 2018
This weekend I did a few holiday things I want to share with you, and I have listed some holiday events I encourage you to explore. Many I have done, and will link you to my past adventures to further … Continue reading
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Tagged 2018, CHRISTMAS BY CANDLELIGHT OLD STURBRIDGE VILLAGE, COOLIDGE HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE PLYMOUTH NOTCH, Hartness House Inn, MAIN STREET AT CHRISTMAS STOCKBRIDGE, Massachusetts, OKEMO VALLEY INNDULGENCE TOUR, Putney, Santa's Land, Springfield, TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, Vermont, VT
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SAVING THE “GATEWAY TO WALPOLE”
As many of my “shunpiking” friends know I am involved in much more than traveling and bookselling. I publish the local newspaper THE WALPOLE CLARION, and for the past six months have been working with a group to preserve and … Continue reading
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ARMISTICE DAY – 100th ANNIVERSARY – NOVEMBER 11, 2018 – VETERANS DAY
This is the first time I have shared something other than my travels here on “Shunpiking with Ray.” For years I have received a daily email from The Week – a magazine and website – providing top news stories and … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous Musings
Tagged 100th anniversary, Armistice Day, The War to End all Wars, Veterans Day
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NATIONAL MUSEUM OF INDUSTRIAL HISTORY – 21 OCTOBER 2018
“Americans invent as the Greeks sculptured and the Italians painted: It is genius.” -The Times – London – 1876 About a year ago I clipped an article from an antiques magazine about a new museum in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania – the … Continue reading
FLIGHT 93 MEMORIAL and a HERSHEY REDUX – 19-20 OCTOBER 2018
My program and introduction to amazing Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (posts eventually coming) finished up before noon on Friday the 19th. Plan was to stop at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville on my way to Hershey for two nights with … Continue reading
OVER THE ALLEGHENIES and the JOHNSTOWN FLOOD – 13-14 OCTOBER 2018
I have wanted to visit Johnstown, Pennsylvania, to experience the site of the May 31, 1889, flood since I read David McCullough’s The Johnstown Flood in the 1970s. This, his first book published in 1968, launched his writing career gaining … Continue reading
TWO TRAIN TRIP TALES – 4 OCTOBER 2018 and 14 JUNE 2018
So these adventures are four months apart? I still want to remember, and to share, and hopefully provide you with some ideas for future fun. Let me begin with the past week, and go back. Only lived in New Hampshire … Continue reading
HISTORIC DEERFIELD – FANTASTIC DAY – 29 SEPTEMBER 2018
I feel so blessed, and I thank Him several times a day. And, I am blessed because I am where I am thanks to the thirteen years I had with Cathy – I thank her also every day. I am … Continue reading
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Tagged Deerfield Massachusetts, Historic Deerfield, Route 63, Turners Falls
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FAIR – FARM FESTIVAL – AND A FIND – VERMONT – 22 SEPTEMBER 2018
Yes, I like alliteration. Anyway, I have had in front of me for awhile two newspaper ad clippings for Vermont events today – PERU FAIR and the 20th ANNUAL AUTUMN ROUND-UP in Ludlow (I had seen this advertised at the … Continue reading
