ROCKS & WEEDS Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… One of my earliest memories of gardening is our family garden in the late 1960s. It was an average size garden located just behind our barn and my…
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MAHALO COFFEE Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… While on vacation this summer Linda and I visited our three nephews and their families who live in Knoxville, Tennessee. Since Matthew, Garrett and Brandt are all avid coffee drinkers (it must…
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L&R SODA FOUNTAIN Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… Another one of the little “out of the way places” we discovered on our vacation that tourists often miss is the L&R Soda Fountain in Elkton, Kentucky. (You may…
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THOMAS DRUGS SODA FOUNTAIN Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… While our trip to Tennessee included the usual stops in Nashville, Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, we also looked for the little out of the way places that…
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NASHVILLE Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… This week Linda and I are on the road to Tennessee visiting family south of the Mason-Dixon line. Next week’s post will feature some of the highlights from our trip,…
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SWAMP AND WATER Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… Marsh is not swamp. Marsh is a space of light, where grass grows in water, and water flows to the sky. Slow-moving creeks wander, carrying the orb of…
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REFLECTION Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… Walked to Walden last night (moon not quite full) by railroad and upland wood-path, returning by Wayland road. I noticed the night before night before last from Fair Haven how…
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SIDEWALK FLOWER GARDEN Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… I labeled the photograph “Hutchinson sidewalk flower garden” because this was the front walkway into our house and my mother put most of her flower efforts into this…
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ERIC DOLPHY Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… Tipping Point Billy Collins At home, the jazz station plays all day, so sometimes it becomes indistinct, like the sound of rain, birds in the background, the surf of…
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GREAT SPRING BLIZZARD Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… I came across several nostalgic pictures (color slides) of the Hutchinson boys planting potatoes in Aroostook County in 1949 and 1950. This first shot is my Uncle John driving his…