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Another byway with a warning sign, this one in Exeter, Rhode Island. An appropriate signpost I guess, given that this small settlement of 6,000 or so is the site of one of the best documented cases of vampire exhumation.  No, … Continue reading →

The nice kind of strings, fortunately…the melodic kind. July 4, as always, was brought to me by the kindly folks of Contoocook, NH, who annually stage a very nice children’s parade and a longer adult one, always on July 4, … Continue reading →

Another generation of paddlers Third-Gen.  I guess that’s what I’ll call granddaughter Margeaux now, the third generation of paddlers in my family.  She had been out once before, but that was three years ago on a short excursion with her … Continue reading →

As a journalist in the late 1970s I developed a fondness for Plains, Georgia. It was the hometown of our peanut-farmer president, Jimmy Carter, and a place where I could get a quote out of his mother Lillian; sister Ruth, … Continue reading →

It was a real treat for me today to see my two granddaughters all decked out in the Ethiopian dresses my daughter and I brought back for them on our recent trip there. The trip was a revisit to Ethiopia, … Continue reading →

It’s nice when there are street signs that actually let you know that it’s a place you just don’t want to go:

Recently I was driving along the empty rolling hills and mountains of rural southwest Pennsylvania when I saw a sign and an arrow: “Johnstown Flood Memorial,” the sign said. I know about the flood, having interviewed an actual survivor of … Continue reading →

I have been taking photos of repurposed gas stations and posting them here since about 2013. My favorite remains the first one that caught my eye and got me started: Goobers Laundromat in Lucedale, Mississippi. As a structure, it’s not … Continue reading →

Three-quarters of a century! I feel like an elephant! I’ve never paid a whole lot of attention to my birthdays. Or anyone’s for that matter. Usually when asked how old I am I have to do the math. And when … Continue reading →

Every once in a while I run across a recycled gas station that really impresses me.  This little gem in West Palm Beach, Florida, is a perfectly maintained, classic two-bay station, complete with two outside-access bathrooms. Go here to see … Continue reading →