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Daily writing promptWhich topics would you like to be more informed about?View all responses The other night, I was in the station training some volunteers on how to record a live governmental meeting. The technologically tricky parts of this are what you do at the beginning and at the end. So while waiting for someone …

Domestic

Daily writing promptWrite about your most epic baking or cooking fail.View all responses I was trying to be domestic. I'd just moved in with my girlfriend of the past three months, and I wished to impress her with my cooking skills. To my credit, I had some cooking chops, having grown up in a family …

It’s Mine!

Daily writing promptWhat daily habit do you do that improves your quality of life?View all responses Don't mess with my routine. Get up, get harassed by two cats and a dog to feed them. Let the dog out in the yard. Make the coffee. Listen to National Public Radio while sipping coffee and eating breakfast. …

Fandango’s Flashback Friday -By Rail

At one time in New England history, to be on the map as a community meant being incorporated into the region's rail network.

A Snip Here, A Snip There

Part of the problem of having spent about seven years in surgery is that you become an insider.

Rooted

I entered my shop this morning to smell linseed oil, varnish, and wood shavings.

Game On!

After the divorce, the Gray Menace seemed pleased with my wife's absence. He would hiss at her, and she would whack him with a broom. Not the happiest relationships.

Flashback Friday – The Killer Product

Customers; are an immutable part of doing a boat show as a vendor. They are your livelihood, your joy, and your bane.

Stack!

Three cords of wood stacked, at least three more to go. But not yet. We'll wait another three weeks before ordering the next three. But what difference from this: With the help of one of my sons, we "threw" the three cords up over four days of intermittent work. There are now three large stacks, …

Shopping List

Well, it's true. Max and I are in front of the stove, just waiting for Christmas. Max and I are hoping that shopping for our goodies is complete. We don't want anyone to say we are selfish—quite the opposite. But, supplies of that AI-controlled rabbit and the flapping bird that sings are limited. Sabrina is …