Archive for February, 2008

Tearing away..

February 28, 2008

I am not sure in what order to list these events in my life. I know that I want to write about the winter camping trip I took last week. But right now there is something more important to me that is on my mind.
I am actually living alone in this home . I [...]

We like the price, not the product

February 18, 2008

I have to pass on this article that was printed in a recent NY Times Business section.  It is entitled My Cortex Made Me Buy It.It is a must read for all of us that strive to place a smaller footprint of consumption on this earth .  Basically the research is now there to prove [...]

“A good walk in fresh air sorts things out.”

February 18, 2008

I am into a fresh appreciation for walking outside again. My friend Clarkie came up from Portsmouth, NH for Friday night and Saturday morning as part of a visit where we went to see the Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile at the Strand in Rockland. If you like music that is [...]

Get Back ( From Where You Once Belonged)

February 15, 2008

 
I spent more money in 5 minutes after hitting the street in New  Orleans  than I did in my whole 5 days  at Disneyworld a couple of weeks ago.   A twenty ounce Margarita and pulled pork sandwich purchased from a sidewalk take-out stand set me back $15.  With food and drink in hand, I  [...]

Across the Universe onto Canal St.

February 15, 2008

Hiking the Appalachian Trail has left me with a set of narrow skills that surprises me,  no matter where I might be.  Last night found me really hungry, but with no  time to find even a fast food restaurant, due to my back-to-back schedule of paid workshops here at the National Association of School Psychologists [...]

Sometimes a great notion

February 1, 2008

hits me and I want to tell everybody about it. This time it is not my idea, but most of the great ideas I entertain are not generated here at 290 High St. I am grateful for a gift subscription to The Sun that was sent me by my friend Petro. [...]

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

February 1, 2008

There was a mistake in today’s New York Times.  The town of Kingfield, ME was profiled in the Havens section, page D5.  And, by the way, the sleepy hamlet of Kingfield, Maine  will no longer be a “… good little secret.”
I won’t  bother to send in  the correction about the Trail.  The article states that [...]