Author Archives: Ron Haines

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Johnny Cash at the bottom

Posted on September 26, 2015 by Ron Haines

If it weren’t for driving by this sign on my recent trip to California, there is a lot about Johnny Cash I probably wouldn’t know.Seeing the sign prompted me to find out when he lived there and it was then … Continue reading →

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A new fashioned breakfast in an old fashioned building

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Ron Haines

I combined a couple of favorite pleasures one morning on my recent visit to California: Breakfast with an old friend and a look at a classic old gas station building that’s been recycled into a bakery and restaurant. My companion … Continue reading →

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Eggs over easy please

Posted on September 11, 2015 by Ron Haines

I visited the Hearst Castle in San Simeon, CA, today and saw lots of places where I’d like to be served breakfast as the sun rises on a cool summer morning. That’s the Pacific Ocean off in the distance. If … Continue reading →

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Here’s Howe we got the sewing machine, the spring bed and a better bridge

Posted on September 1, 2015 by Ron Haines

This monument caught my eye as I drove through the south-central Massachusetts town of Spencer. It was on busy two-lane Route 9 (Main Street) in the center of town, in a well-kept yard in front of a three-story brick building. … Continue reading →

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Made in the USA

Posted on August 30, 2015 by Ron Haines

Folks who know me are aware of my modest collection of yard art, mostly metal pieces found in my meanderings around the US. I have long been disappointed that most of what I find is not made in the US. … Continue reading →

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New canoe on the water

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Ron Haines

I finally got around to having a couple friends do photos of me out on the water in my new Hornbeck ultra-light canoe, 15 feet long, two feet at widest and a mere 24 pounds, way more portable than the … Continue reading →

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Who is David Crockett?

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Ron Haines

I drove past this building in Abilene, TX, earlier this summer. The name Crockett certainly rang a bell, but the first name, David, didn’t quite go with it. Could this school be named after a man lodged in my brain … Continue reading →

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Here it is!

Posted on July 2, 2015 by Ron Haines

I’ve been using my new ultralite Hornbeck canoe a fair bit since picking it up last month in the Adirondacks on my way back to Connecticut from Texas. Read about the shopping trip here. It’s light, paddles fast and, as … Continue reading →

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Next time I’ll wear a hat

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Ron Haines

Pulled in to this place recently in tiny Hawley, TX, along US 83 north of Abilene, ready for a breakfast as only places like this can do them. Inside there were nine men, middle-aged or better, arranged around three nearby … Continue reading →

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This Timex is going to stop ticking

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Ron Haines

Timexpo, the Waterbury CT museum that celebrates all things Timex, is going to close at the end of September. Not enough people bother to visit, says the company, which is headquartered in nearby Middlebury.  Oddly enough, the facility has the … Continue reading →

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