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A Yankee Notebook

A Yankee Notebook Columns 

Not Enough Lifeboats

February 24, 2021February 23, 20216 days ago Willem Lange 13 Views 3 min read

Do you suppose that anybody boarding the RMS Titanic in 1912 took the trouble to count the lifeboats, calculate their capacity, and measure that against the number of people on board?

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A Yankee Notebook Columns 

It’s the Isolation That Does It

February 17, 2021February 16, 20212 weeks ago Willem Lange 20 Views 4 min read

by Willem Lange EAST MONTPELIER – It’s a late winter morning, almost a year into the enforced isolation dictated by

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courtesy photoMy first Canadian Marathon, 1978.
A Yankee Notebook Columns 

Neglected Old Skis and Poles Cough Discreetly

February 10, 2021February 9, 20213 weeks ago Willem Lange 28 Views 3 min read

by Willem Lange EAST MONTPELIER – My buddy Dudley and I were just past the halfway point of the 207-mile

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A Yankee Notebook Columns 

I Sympathize, but Can’t Empathize.

February 3, 2021February 2, 20214 weeks ago Willem Lange 36 Views 3 min read

I have an old friend in Texas, a former classmate, who reports that her years, her eyesight, and her decreasing ability to handle complicated matters are leaving her more dependent upon her family – a few of whom, luckily live within miles of her home.

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A Yankee Notebook Columns 

All Normal Philosophic Calm Vanishes

January 27, 2021January 26, 20211 month ago Willem Lange 49 Views 4 min read

If there’s anything more hellish in the life of an elderly Yankee than driving in Boston traffic, it’s anticipating having to.

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courtesy photoOur watch in our pulling boat running rapids.
A Yankee Notebook Columns 

Teaching Was my Racket, Then

January 20, 2021January 20, 20211 month ago Willem Lange 52 Views 4 min read

Foghorn? Right here! Give it a toot; make sure it’s working. Thank you. Bilge pump? Port side of centerboard trunk. Is it working? I don’t know. Two plastic buckets? Right here! Fill one of ’em to check if the bilge pump’s working. Good. Charts?

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Kiki is waiting out the pandemic in Vermont.
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Living in a Double Bubble

January 13, 2021January 12, 20212 months ago Henry Homeyer 59 Views 4 min read

There must be plenty of us still alive who remember Dubble Bubble Gum. It debuted before World War II, was unavailable for a while after 1942, and came roaring back in 1950.

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A Yankee Notebook Columns 

Trouble Is, There’s No Where to Go

December 30, 2020December 29, 20202 months ago Willem Lange 62 Views 4 min read

I’d have to rate the Christmas of 1958 as the worst I’ve ever experienced.

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A Yankee Notebook Columns 

Favor Johnson

December 23, 2020December 22, 20202 months ago Willem Lange 88 Views 11 min read

Snow was falling softly past the streetlamps in the village, muffling the sounds of the occasional car and the rattle of the brook down behind the post office and the general store. It was just past suppertime, and folks were settled in for the evening.

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A Yankee Notebook Columns 

A Strong Sense of Déjà Vu

December 16, 2020December 15, 20203 months ago Willem Lange 89 Views 3 min read

Many of us remember the Kingston Trio’s rendition, back in the late 50s, of “Merry Minuet,” whose lyrics began, “They’re rioting in Africa, they’re starving in Spain; there’s hurricanes in Florida, and Texas needs rain.”

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A Yankee Notebook Columns 

But We’re the Smart Ones, Eh?

December 9, 2020December 8, 20203 months ago Willem Lange 119 Views 3 min read

Let’s imagine for a few moments that we are Bill Watterson’s creation, Calvin, in his fantasy hero role as Spaceman Spiff (“Free to roam the heavens in man’s noble quest to investigate the weirdness of the universe!”).

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