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I haven’t added to my collection of photos of recycled gas stations in a long while.  Mainly because I haven’t been to any new places lately. I’ve pretty much picked Connecticut and Massachusetts clean of interesting recycled stations.  I realized … Continue reading →

This sign along the road stopped me the other day as I drove through Haddam, CT.  I was on State Road 154, also known as the Middlesex Turnpike or Saybrook Road. That’s what I like about Connecticut; if you don’t … Continue reading →

Well, his first name WAS Henry.  His last name, however,  wasn’t Hanger.  It was Spitz.  But in 1929 Henry Spitz had the alliterative good sense to name his Nashua New Hampshire enterprise the Henry Hanger Company. And today it remains … Continue reading →

This billboard caught my eye as I flew past it on a busy two lane highway somewhere in New Hampshire. For the next half mile my mind replayed the scene, trying to figure out what that sign was all about.  … Continue reading →

Farming’s tough on the equipment.  Spotted on Farm Town Road in rural Coventry, Rhode Island.  (Photos by Ron Haines)  

Nope, not my hill. If it were, I’d be king of it. But what in the Sam Hill am I saying?   I wasn’t worth a hill of beans at that game back when I was a kid.  In fact I … Continue reading →

The 4th of July wouldn’t be complete without the parade in Contoocook, NH, home of brother Rick and his wife Ginni. We all made it there this year and the kids’ parade was as always a big hit. Both M … Continue reading →

Five years ago I was meandering around Maine in January and stepped back in time. It was damn cold, as Maine in January can be. I had wound my way up from Florida, hugging the Atlantic coastline. The occasion was … Continue reading →

As a castle, it’s not all that much. Hardly big for one thing, a mere 1,962 square feet, with two bedrooms and two and a half baths.  Up on a remote hill, with a commanding view of surrounding forests?  Nope.  … Continue reading →

But Mr. Pope was long gone from this earth by the time Jim Bolen came up with the big ideas that have put Casey, Illinois, on the map. Had they met I think they’d have gotten along really well. Gene … Continue reading →