Christmas Eve was a lot of bustling and family and food and all that kind of stuff. Today, though, it’s quiet. Kaity and friend are off to his family and it’s just we four, including Owen’s friend Arthur. It seems… Read More ›
Uxbridge
OUR FIRST AMONG MANY CANNABIS SHOPS – APRIL 2019
A Flashback Friday on Saturday Caroline’s Cannabis Uxbridge Dispensary is a winner. We thought we were lucky when we got this single shop. Two years later, I can’t even count how many shops we have. All of them are located… Read More ›
CASABLANCA IN MASSACHUSETTS
Remember how, in the movie (1942) “Casablanca,” to get to America you went to Casablanca in Morocco — and then you waited, and waited, and waited? I ordered a sweater. It was on sale. I bought it at the end… Read More ›
THESE HONORED DEAD
The cemetery is in the center of the town, across from the dam and just a hundred or so yards from the river itself. It’s up on a hill, so it never floods, even when the rivers rush over their… Read More ›
NATURAL LIGHT: A PHOTO A WEEK CHALLENGE
A Photo a Week Challenge: Natural Lighting I have always disliked flash, although I have occasionally used it when it was the only possible lighting available. I also used to own sets of light which I used for setups for my… Read More ›
A CLASSIC NEW ENGLAND CHURCH
TIME TO RESTORE THE UNITARIAN CHURCH When we first moved here in 2000, the Unitarian Church was still in use, at least during the summer. In winter, the congregation — maybe a dozen people — moved to the heated Unitarian… Read More ›
RESTORING THE UNITARIAN CHURCH
CBWC: People at Work Ever since we moved into this town, we have watched how the Unitarian Church has stood there getting older and more worn out. I kept asking why we didn’t just use the property as a small museum… Read More ›
SOMETIMES, THE MAGIC WORKS
We’ve had so many things go wrong that it’s always a shock when something good happens, especially when you least expect it. I’ve mentioned a bunch of times that our deck was in urgent need of replacement or repair. The… Read More ›
JUST ABOUT MEMORIAL DAY 2021: IT’S WORLD SHARING TIME
Share Your World — May 25th Photographs: Garry Armstrong It must be the end of May because Memorial Day in just about here. Where did the year go? And why — considering I’ve done nothing much all year — am I… Read More ›
GARRY’S TRIP TO THE GREAT OUT OF DOORS – PHOTOGRAPHY BY GARRY ARMSTRONG
It was a beautiful day and the temperature broke records for the day. It won’t last. We already know that. It will be colder tomorrow and colder still by Monday when it will be below freezing (again). But today was… Read More ›
ONCE UPON A STEEPLE
Upon a Steeple This beautiful old church has been abandoned for at least a decade by now, maybe a few years longer. The problem? No heat, or plumbing and thus, no bathroom. No parking lot AND it only sits a… Read More ›
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT — THE BLACKSTONE RIVER IN OUR VALLEY
CFFC: Water – Blackstone River and Its Valley: A River Runs Through It I think if I were to describe the valley in which we live, I would say “A river runs through it.” In fact, the Blackstone River defines… Read More ›
Serendipity Seeking Intelligent Life on Earth 