Not Enough Lifeboats
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?
Read moreDo 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?
Read moreby Willem Lange EAST MONTPELIER – It’s a late winter morning, almost a year into the enforced isolation dictated by
Read moreby Willem Lange EAST MONTPELIER – My buddy Dudley and I were just past the halfway point of the 207-mile
Read moreI 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.
Read moreIf there’s anything more hellish in the life of an elderly Yankee than driving in Boston traffic, it’s anticipating having to.
Read moreFoghorn? 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?
Read moreThere 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.
Read moreI’d have to rate the Christmas of 1958 as the worst I’ve ever experienced.
Read moreSnow 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.
Read moreMany 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.”
Read moreLet’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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