BURGER BOY Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… I am currently serving a two-month jury duty term, my first experience as a participant in our democratic judicial process. Our high school government class took a field trip to the…
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SAUNTERING Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… How earnestly and rapidly each creature, each flower, is fulfilling its part while its day lasts! Nature never lost a day, nor a moment. As the planet in its orbit…
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LEADVILLE STORY (PART TWO) Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… The Story of Leadville, Colorado (part two) The family stories we share and re-tell through the years are valued heirlooms passed from one generation to the next…
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LEADVILLE STORY (PART ONE) Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… The Story of Leadville, Colorado (part one) From my earliest years I remember hearing the family story about how my grandfather went to Leadville, Colorado to work the mines…
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HOULTON THEATERS Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… The above postcard of Market Square taken in 1951 showcases Houlton’s two side by side movie theaters in the downtown. Temple Cinema opened in 1919 (and is still operating today) while…
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PHOTO ALBUM Backwoods blog; in the woods and on the road… I’ve been going through old family photo albums this summer and I came across one that had been “lost” for over twenty years. It was a black leather bound album, the…
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PHOTO BUG Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… Buzz off by Dave Hutchinson The mind does not quickly tire itself moving from thought to thought – it is like an inquisitive insect lighting on one object and…
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THE GREAT CAR CHASE Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… My family, on the Hutchinson side, have what we call our “Charlie and George stories.” They were the two oldest sons in a family of nine siblings that grew up…
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THE AUTOMAT Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… “Nostalgia – it’s delicate, but potent…. In Greek, nostalgia literally means “the pain from an old wound.” It’s a twinge in your heart far more powerful than memory alone.…
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MOOSEHEAD LAKE Backwoods Blog; in the woods and on the road… When I was growing up our family spent summer vacation each year at Moosehead Lake in Greenville, Maine. We always rented a cottage at Curtis Sandy Bay Camps on the east…