“Passed a very little boy in the street to-day, who had on a home-made cap of a woodchuck-skin, which his father or elder brother had killed and cured, and his mother or elder sister had fashioned into a nice warm cap. I was interested by the sight of it, it suggested so much of family [...]
Archive for September, 2009
On Preparing for the Coming of Winter
Posted in Art, Literature on September 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Incorrect
Posted in Commentary, sports on September 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“You get the feeling that even though he knows the right answers — work hard, persevere — the universe is asking different questions.”
– Jeff MacGregor in his profile of Mixed Martial Arts fighter Shannon “The Cannon” Ritch (43 wins/68 losses), “Making the Best of Bad,” in ESPN Magazine, September 21, 2009
On Chasing a Pig
Posted in Literature on September 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Twice he ran up the narrow street, because he knew I did not wish it, but though the main street was broad and open and no traveller in sight, when I tried to drive him past this opening he invariably turned his piggish head toward me, dodged from side to side, and finally ran up [...]
Litter in Skaneateles, Labor Day
Posted in Litter, Skaneateles on September 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have great respect for firemen, and the volunteer firemen of Skaneateles in particular, and I hope that next year their fund-raiser is a bridge tournament, rather than a carnival directly across the street from my house. More specifically, I hope their carnival is not followed by a holiday, during which the workers of the [...]
Recognition
Posted in Literature on September 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“I sometimes see a neighbor or two united with their boys and hired men to drive their cattle to some far-off country pasture, fifty or sixty miles distant in New Hampshire, early in the morning, with their sticks and dogs. It is a memorable time with the farmers’ boys, and frequently their first journey from [...]
On Holding Up Your End of the Conversation
Posted in Literature on September 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“I think of characters who will carry a story. The plot comes out of the characters, their attitudes. How they talk describes who they are. Dialogue, in fact, is the element that keeps the story moving. Characters are judged as they appear. Anyone who can’t hold up his or her end of a conversation is [...]
Add Yards to Your Drive
Posted in Art, Golf on September 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Cider
Posted in Literature, Wine on September 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“This man is continually drinking cider; thinks it corrects some mistake in him; wishes he had a barrel of it in the woods; if he had known he was to be out so long would have brought a jugful; will dun Captain Hutchinson for a drink on his way home. This, or rum, runs in [...]
Sage Advice
Posted in Dogs, Literature on September 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.”
– Groucho Marx
On Rabble Rousing
Posted in Commentary on September 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“How great a forest is set ablaze by a small fire! And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is placed among our members as a world of iniquity; it stains the whole body, sets on fire the cycle of nature, and is itself set on fire by hell. For every species of beast and [...]
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