Author Archives: Ron Haines

Hay there! Back to the many ‘World’ capitals theme that I’ve touched on before.  Here’s more evidence they should be taken with a grain of salt. I came across this sign along Highway 69 just outside tiny Big Cabin, Oklahoma, … Continue reading →

It was one of those ‘gotta go there’ moments and even though the famed Four Corners in the Southwestern US was several hundred miles out of my way, I went. It’s just what it says it is, the juncture of … Continue reading →

This blog post has sat under my nose for about fifty years.  Just kidding.  My blog’s only been around for ten years. To explain, it was 50 years ago that I lived in Davenport, Iowa, as a reporter and city … Continue reading →

These two mockingbirds definitely did not want this American kestrel hanging around my yard, but all the dive-bombing they did hardly fazed it. The kestrel sat there unruffled for a few minutes, then dropped quickly out of sight behind the … Continue reading →

I know I’m getting to the end of my paddling season up here when the Paddle and Pizza Party for the Paddle Killingly Meetup Group rolls around. This year’s was a repeat of 2020, eating outdoors because of Covid.  Only … Continue reading →

It’s been a long while since I’ve updated the M and S photos on this website, so these from the local pumpkin patch this week will do quite nicely. As you can see, it’s more than just the pumpkins that’ve … Continue reading →

A couple of sizeable mountain carvings caught my interest during a western road trip a few years ago but it wasn’t until I did some research recently that I found out just how intertwined they are. One of them, of … Continue reading →

Wandering through Gouverneur, New York, a while ago I happened across this interesting monument along East Main Street in the center of town. Gouverneur isn’t exactly a manufacturing hotspot.  A tiny place of some 6,500 people, it’s on the western … Continue reading →

A farm accident spotted along a Minnesota highway a few years ago…

Every once in a while a traffic backup in a small town isn’t simply an annoyance, it’s also a bit of entertainment. One such happenstance for me was in Deadwood, South Dakota, a now small, tourist-driven hamlet that drew its … Continue reading →