13
Jan
Wood Heat
Heating with wood is a complex business . . . one manufacturer described the process as more art than science.
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Other Musings
Essays and creative non-fiction separate from the Postcard-from-Monadnock series. Many of them are from Jarvis's column, "Off the Highway", which has appeared bi-weekly in the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, since 2022.
22
Nov
Election Day
“The price of greatness,” Winston Churchill said, “is responsibility.” He was talking to us.
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23
Oct
The Pumpkin Period
Currently, you may have noticed, we are mired in the Pumpkin Period, characterized by the flavor of pumpkin in almost everything.
3 min read
24
Sep
Fall
Within a second of its release from a branch, an acorn falls to earth at the rate of approximately thirty-two
3 min read
20
Sep
Quiet Time
I finally went to the trouble of getting a canoe onto on body of water known as Carpenter’s Marsh.
2 min read
30
Aug
Chicken Barbeque
. . . nothing says community—or, Old Home Day—like a volunteer fire department and chicken barbeque.
2 min read
13
Aug
Harvest Jitters
For us backyard gardeners, this is the time of year we fear most for our crop. It is not like we have a super abundance to go around.
3 min read
30
Jul
Visualizing World Peace
Attendees at this year’s [MacDowell] Medal Day, were given white luggage tags and a pen and urged to write our wishes and hang them on fruit trees in the MacDowell Gardens.
3 min read
17
Jul
Summer People
The July and August people have arrived, bringing with them their patronage of our stores and their vehicles, requiring me to look both ways before pulling out of the driveway.
3 min read
03
Jul
Good, Quality Thunder
The rain had stopped and we sat just to watch and listen as the storm’s slashing furry settled to not much more than a purr.
2 min read