Month: April 2023

It’s quite surprising, at least to me, how many current and former campground hosts I’ve met in the almost four weeks I’ve been here. This week I met Ronnie and…

When Steven Sondheim composed the score and drafted the lyrics (without the help of Artificial Intelligence) for “A Little Night Music” he had romance in mind. As I recall the…

This afternoon I took Millie out to let her run off some energy in the camping area that backs up to Willow Creek. It’s hard for me to walk here…

A well believed to be the oldest continuously-producing well, at least in these parts, sits smack in the middle of the Bradford PA McDonald’s. Drilled in the 1870s by Thomas…

There’s some debate about its origin, but the quote I keep thinking of is this:It snew and blewAnd then it thewAnd then, by jing, it friz. Yesterday, Millie and I…

Sightseeing today.The downstream end of Allegheny Reservoir is here at Kinzua (pronounced kinzoo) Dam. The reservoir, built in 1965 for flood control and a small power plant. Is 27 miles…

How determined is spring? April 2, 22 degrees and snow. April 8, the water supply to my trailer froze. Today, suddenly, crocuses — to my mind the prettiest of the…

Corydon is not pronounced like Cory and Don. It’s like corydn. With the accent on Cor. Ron and Susie live in Corydon. Ron’s a volunteer fireman — not a rescue…

A small portion of the two campgrounds for which I’m responsible. Sort slow on the day after Easter. Yep, that’s my little trailer down there, home for Millie and me.

Millie is convinced, I believe, that life has given her lemons; she’s not yet certain how she feels about lemonade. She’s a bit more cautious about our slow-motion transportation after…