If Jane and Henry Fonda were here, I’d think I had landed On Golden Pond. (For my younger followers, that’s a movie reference.)
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Electricity is a miracle. I’m not even certain I believe in it. Last week my trailer developed an electrical “short” that killed all my 110 volt electrical outlets. A fine…
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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…
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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…
Continue readingWe’re fans of Ben… but for this
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…
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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…
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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…
Continue readingA 50-inch fish? No way.
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…
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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…
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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…
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