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January 21 – Home alone for the evening, lounging in front of the pellet stove. January 22 – Cold day at work. This grew throughout the day. I kept waiting for the rig to hit it on the way out the door.
January 23 – My family says the dog is a good [...] Tags: dog, fire, fire apparatus, Howe, pets | Category: family, fire, Project 365 | Leave a comment |  Print This PostEight years ago. . . Slightly less than a year ago, I departed for my first shift of 2011 through thick fog. It broke dramatically that morning, signifying hope and promise. If I try to be objective it was a decent year. 362 days later I’m still working a good job with a good employer, my family and [...] Tags: brotherhood, EMS, fire, fire department, funeral, LODD | Category: family, fire | Leave a comment | Print This PostSo the shortest day cameAnd the year died, And everywhere down the centuries Of the snow-white world Came people singing, dancing, To drive the dark away. They lighted candles in the winter trees; They hung their homes with evergreen; They burned beseeching fires all night long To keep the year alive. And when the [...] A little over a week ago it began as just another day at work. Yesterday it ended with thousands of firefighters, a hundred bagpipes, and the obligatory television cameras. (turn your speakers all the way up) Career or volunteer, big city or small town, FDNY or Oquossoc, ME; when the [...] Tags: fire, fire department, funeral, Worcester 6 | Category: family, fire | Leave a comment | Print This PostSunday night we were in a Christmas mood at work. We dug the tree out of storage, hung the lights, and took a few embarrassing photos for Facebook. Then we started to notice the updates. A Fallon ambulance was struck head-on on the other side of our metropolitan area. We followed live on FB, [...] This is part 2 of a multipart series. If you missed the beginning, you might want to check out part 1. So it was off to northern NH to retrieve the Howe. The current owner said she’s been well maintained and should be ready for the long trip home, but antique trucks can [...] Cleaning the garage is easy. It can be heavy work, but there are only two questions to answer. 1. Is it useful? 2. Will it be useful in the quantifiable future? If the answer is ‘no’ to both, then out it goes. Attics are a lot tougher. Attics are full of memories and emotions. [...] Today I attended the local Tour de Chooch with a friend. TDC is a free, annual, self-guided event where owners of some fabulous model railroads open them for visitation. I saw some simply wonderful things and was inspired. The reality, however, is that I have neither the time nor the willpower to build a basement [...] Over the river and through the woods, to Grandmother’s house we go. I realized today that we literally go over the river and through the woods to get to my parents house. Of course the woods line the driveway, and the river is a brook, but still. . . I’m thankful for the big stuff [...] |
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