Category Archives: Grandchildren

All Aboard!

Posted on July 6, 2016 by Ron Haines

Sue, the grandkids and I took an hour-long ride on the Essex Steam Train the other day.  It runs up the  Connecticut River valley from Essex to East Haddam and most of the trip is right along the river.  With the … Continue reading →

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Contoocook for the Fourth once again

Posted on July 4, 2016 by Ron Haines

Made it to the Fourth of July parade in Contoocook, NH, again this year.  I missed it last year because the Fourth fell on a Saturday, and I go trash paddling on the first Saturday of the month.  I did … Continue reading →

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Lights…Camera…Action!

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Ron Haines

I bought this piece of yard art last year on my way from Connecticut to Texas.  I found it in a shopyard next to the highway, lying out in the open with its brethren, all rusted and crummy looking. They put … Continue reading →

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Dueling violins

Posted on April 12, 2015 by Ron Haines

Whatever musical talent granddaughters M and S possess does NOT come from me, I can assure you. My career ended after a kindergarten piano recital, my only recollection of which is that my fingers were numbered in pencil to correspond … Continue reading →

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Back to the grind for these two…

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Ron Haines

…while I continue with my aimless meandering.        

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Revisiting “Make Way For Ducklings”

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Ron Haines

The last time I visited the Boston Public Garden with a four-year-old to view the setting of the book Make Way For Ducklings was with my daughter, Jennifer, and the year was 1984.There was a lot of me invested in … Continue reading →

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July 4, Contoocook style

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Ron Haines

The rain gods must smile on small town festivities. Monsoon rains most of the night and early this morning stopped almost completely for about an hour and a half today for the Fourth of July parade in Contoocook, NH, complete … Continue reading →

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