Just about six months later then it was mid-winter and white and cold, and I turned my Escort left, northbound, onto County Road 69, and later I thought how much I liked it that North Road was 69. That was the old Escort on which I learned about alternators and brakes and coils and spark plugs but learned quite poorly. […]

Have you managed to break your New Year’s resolutions yet? Year after year I make the same well-intentioned commitments, only to have them fall by the wayside within a week or two. One might occasionally last a month. I’ve resolved to read a half hour every afternoon, limit sweets to weekends, keep a daily journal, fast one day a week, […]

Winter is an appropriate time to bring up the subject of winter ticks on moose. Many people in this area are aware that this tick species can be a significant, and sometimes fatal, problem for moose. The sight of a heavily infested moose in late winter with large areas devoid of hair is unpleasant. The full impact of the problem […]