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I found myself engaged in a bit of reflection today, for various reasons. Then I stumbled across this: Code Red I haven’t seen that video in a long time. It looks so old now. I was in Providence attending college and buffing the PFD when it was filmed. In my heart the PFD will always [...] And soon the bright flames were wet black ashes and the crackling sound of the flames was quiet and there was only the great purring of the red hose truck pumping water and the bright searchlights of the fire engines making the trees and bushes much greener than they had been before. While the sentence [...] July 24 – Now THIS is tailgating. Beth and I went to Skip’s Drive-in in Merrimac for their annual Mega-Cruise. There were over 550 cars in attendance, which is actually down from last year’s total. It’s still amazing to see, and a great time for the price of a burger and fries. Beth is [...] Tags: cars, family, nostalgia, Project 365 | Category: Project 365 | Leave a comment |  Print This Post
An elderly gentleman. He sits in his bent car, with no recollection of where he came from or where he was going. Or at least he won’t tell us. The collision was minor, but he has no idea why he suddenly made a left turn into a parked car. He [...] Tags: CMTSU, EMS, nostalgia, Project 365 | Category: EMS, Project 365 | Leave a comment | Print This PostBeth and Cricket playing in the yard. I got stuck in traffic behind a group of MGs today, including a ’55, a ’58, a 60-something, and a 70 something. Looked kind of fun. Tags: family, nostalgia, Project 365 | Category: family, Project 365 | One comment | Print This PostThe vast lobby of Big City Memorial Hospital bustles in the early fall afternoon. The revolving glass doors let sunlight and visitors in, while keeping the fall chill outside. The atrium soars three stories above; the hospital designers seem to have placed a roof over the space between two buildings, and then decided, [...] It’s a beautiful late summer Tuesday morning. Good Friend and I finish our checklists and head out for bagels in the A9. GF’s news pager buzzes. He ‘harrumphs’ and hands it to me. A plane has flown into the World Trade Center. We assume it must be some idiotic private pilot with a Cessna, who [...] Tags: CMTSU, EMS, family, fire, milestone, nostalgia | Category: Uncategorized | One comment | Print This PostAll is peaceful. The only sound is the whir of the Coke machine. A window pane rattles as the wind buffets one of the six garage doors. Suddenly, a klaxon blares out. There is a loud CLANG-CLANG-CLANG as the alarm sounds. All across town, men are awakened to the insistent BEEP BEEP of pagers. All [...] Tags: CMTSU, fire, fire apparatus, fire department, nostalgia, RowleyFire | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment | Print This PostAs I was searching for a topic to start this blog, it occurred to me that last month marked 19 years on the fire department for me. In that time I’ve seen 3 chiefs, and only 2 full-time firefighters. I’ve seen 3 engines come, and 3 go. I’m on my third ladder truck. I’ve saved [...] Tags: fire department, milestone, nostalgia | Category: Uncategorized | 2 comments | Print This Post |
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