Things I Have Seen

Historian Adam Hochschild says Woodrow Wilson used the first World War as an excuse to spy on Americans, censor the press and plan for the mass deportation of immigrants. His new book is  American Midnight.

  Cooperage Trail I took a short walk in Fremont, NH while waiting for a car repair at Carr Garage .  Cooperage Trail was listed on Google Maps, but it had no reviews or photos. I can understand why. It is a bit underwhelming. I appreciate anytime that land is made accessible to hikers and it is great that the trail head is located in the middle of a housing development at the end of Spaulding Road. I did get the chance to get in 8000 steps by walking from the garage. Parking Parking space is available for two cars at the end of Spaulding Road. The Trail This is the trail, it does not vary in appearance from the beginning to end. It appears to be an old access road. Mostly new growth trees. Further down the trail, same general appearance. A Small Pond (A Feature) There was one notable and welcome exception on the trail. I spotted a small pond near the trail. It looks like it might be an interesting place to investigate in the Spring. A Witch Hazel shrub was blossoming nearby, ...

  My Strange Life Improves with Age New Ipswich Historical Society

 Throwback Thursday Six years ago on this day we celebrated Thanksgiving at my son's house. I like it when the days in the current year line up with a previous year.  It makes it possible to recycle an older calendar. Puzzled My sister worked on a maddeningly difficult puzzle. I didn't even bother. Oyster Shells? Imagine that someone thought it was good idea to use oyster shells in the brewing process. Maybe they had so many of them they needed to find a purpose. A gimmick always helps for these micro-breweries. Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade The Macy's Parade big balloons used to be a standard when I was a kid and there were only three television channels. We watched it for  about ten minutes before becoming comatose with  the advertising. It seems that Christmas is just around the corner. Our "go-to" movie for Thanksgiving now is "The Godfather" because it is all about eating.

 On this day - November 23, 2018 I learned that "squirrel proof" only referred to the Gray Squirrel variety. The smaller Red Squirrel had no problem climbing through the barrier.

 I signed up for Twitter 14 years ago. It used to fun to read "Pearls from Myrna" and some of the funny responses to the tweets from TFG.  But now it is frankly a hellscape and not worth the effort, Before I deactivated my account, I downloaded an archive of my earlier interactions. Reading through those made me realize that this used to be fun. Not anymore. I'm not sure what Musk intends to do with it, but spouting conspiracy theories is probably not a winning strategy. My time in Twitter - Nov 13, 2018 to Nov 1, 2022