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It's National Blog Posting Month again! I make no guarantees. If your have followed the blog for a long time, you know that I often undertake challenges and leave them unfinished. Last year I kicked off #NaBloPoMo with a shot of the VW bus. This year Beth decided to make it spooky and hand out… Continue reading 2018.11.01 #NaBloPoMo
In which I attempt to post something to the blog every day for a month Long exposure of the bus taken while camping in August. More story to come... Chinon CE4/50mm FilmFerrania P30 Alpha in HC110 dilution E. Scanned on Epson v700 with no adjustments. Day 1 of #NaBloPoMo 2017.
I had a great post planned for tonight, but then life intervened. I've been entertaining relatives from out of town, cleaning the attic, and eBaying stuff. A quality post needs more time and energy than I have this evening. NaBloPoMo has run for 29 of 30 days, so this placeholder will have to do for… Continue reading Ducking my responsibilities
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. Childhood… Continue reading The attic
Thirty years ago tonight @0235 hours, Lynn Fire Alarm transmitted box 414 for a reported fire at 264-266 Broad Street. The first arriving engine found fire showing from the front of an eight story mill and called for the Working Fire at 0238. By 0245, the district chief had struck the second, third, and fourth… Continue reading Conflagration
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… Continue reading Inspiration
I was organizing my iPhoto library, and I came across these. Engine 1 v3.0 was our last 'rural' fire engine. Gas engine, manual transmission, hydrovac brakes, 3" supply hose and a Squad 51 lightbar. It was a relic from another era when it was new, but it served valiantly for 21 years before retirement in… Continue reading Nostalgia
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… Continue reading Thanksgiving
We had plans to travel for Thanksgiving. Thankfully we were driving, because everything went pear shaped. Last weekend's stomach bug is still lurking about, so a 9 hour drive is out of the question. Today's post is for small thanksgivings: I'm thankful half of the family lives close enough that we can still spend the… Continue reading Best laid plans, part 2
"Hey guys, anything interesting?" Ambulance 10 has arrived on scene uninvited and unexpected because they have a brand new trainee. Our chest pain patient is hypotensive, tachycardic, diaphoretic, and as pale as my uniform shirt. More help is always welcome. We toss the trainee and his preceptor into the extrication role, and soon he is… Continue reading Sparky
Notes from Mosquito Hill 