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STRATFORD INN and NEW ROADS — 11-13 APRIL 2018
See the date of the travel in this post? Wonder why it has taken so long for me to get to it? Know how long it has been since my last travel post? Have any idea how busy I have … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Newhart Show, East Middlebury, Vermont Stockbridge, VT
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NEW DISCOVERIES – LESS THAN AN HOUR AWAY – 28 JANUARY 2018
Don’t ever think I am “retired.” And, I will tell you I do not like the “R WORD.” But, “working” hard, I needed another break, and even a few hours away can make all the difference and rejuvenate. This past … Continue reading
ICE HARVESTING DAY – 21 JANUARY 2018
I had so much fun today — and I have been looking forward to this day since August 20th – six months ago. You can read my post about my finally getting to Muster Field Farm that day – but … Continue reading
YEAR END HOLIDAY HURRAHS – 28 and 30 DECEMBER 2017
PRELIMINARY NOTE – Most important event of the year at the end of this post. I had been pining to see The Red Lion Inn decked out in its Christmas fashions, but following a busy and packed month, as time … Continue reading
CHRISTMAS BY CANDLELIGHT – OLD STURBRIDGE VILLAGE – 2017
In October I visited Old Sturbridge Village (OSV) for the first time in nine years, and it had been decades before for my previous visits. I spent the whole day there – loved it – and purchased my membership when … Continue reading
PORTSMOUTH (NH) HOLIDAY PREPARATIONS – 19-20 NOVEMBER 2017
This post is to help you “get in the spirit” – it did for me. Without having a December theatrical production to worry about, for the first time in nine years I have been able to review and decide on … Continue reading
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Tagged NH, Portsmouth, Strawbery Banke
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VISITING 1838, AND HOW IT CAME TO BE – 10-12 October 2017
My adventures do come about via circuitous routes. Last September I attended a Road Scholar program learning about “everything Dutch in the Hudson Valley.” When at Washington Irving’s Sunnyside I became entranced with The Legend of Sleepy Hollow thinking I … Continue reading
QUABBIN – 40% of MASSACHUSETT’S WATER – 17 SEPTEMBER 2017
Did you notice? It has taken me more than two weeks to get to writing and posting this fascinating 12 hour adventure that I highly recommend. The day before my Quabbin (The Meeting of Many Waters) visit I got to … Continue reading
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Tagged Belchertown, MA, Mass., Massachusetts, Memorial Hall Museum in Old Deerfield, New Salem, Quabbin Park Cemetery, Quabbin Reservoir, Quabbin Tower, QUABBIN: THE ACCIDENTAL WILDERNESS, The Swift River Valley Historical Society, WATER FOR GOTHAM, Whately Inn
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46th ANNUAL DUBLIN, NH – GAS ENGINE MEET – 9 SEPTEMBER 2017
If you read my posts, I have surprises for you, and often things I enjoy repeating. Today was a repeat, albeit different. I remember as a pre-teen a hit-‘n’-miss engine at a car show I was at with my Dad, … Continue reading
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Tagged Dublin, Dublin Gas Engine Meet, hit n miss engines, NH
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WHACKED IN Fall River — 16 and 17 AUGUST 2017
Have you noticed that recently I seldom get to complete my posts while on my adventures as I used to? Some of my recent experiences have continued well into the evening hours impinging on my sitting down with wine and … Continue reading
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Tagged Fall River, Lizzie Borden, Massachusetts, murder, Oak Grove Cemetery
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Shunpiking with Ray 