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Matchbox Bulldozer

On long drives to New York City to visit our grandparents we took the Taconic Parkway and then the Sawmill River Parkway, and then other

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A Steep Driveway

Our drive was long and steep, and though paved, it provided lots of its own excitement. Sledding down the driveway was terrific, and if you

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Farm Animals

Aside from the fairly short lived experiment with chickens, we had an assortment of other animals over the first few years: a cow named Susie

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Chicken Farmers

The first thing that comes to me when I think about my parents – in this case I mean mostly my father – they were

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Moving to the Farm

My memory of our first visit to the farm was one of joy; it was hugely exciting for all of us. I think we probably

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Nordica Drive

We lived on a quiet street in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, until 1953 when we moved to Mahopac to follow my father’s dream of having a

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First Memory

I got a bow and arrow for my birthday, my fourth birthday in 1953. My older brother Dan and I were both captured by the

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His Moment of Joy

This is yet another of my supermarket encounters. Walking in at about the same time as another fellow: his appearance spoke loudly. He was quite

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Random Chance Victory

While taking pix of bird nests in birdhouses I dropped my phone in the grass. Somehow… it took a photo, all on its own. There 

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It Rains

My previous Moment of Joy was rain and snow on my front porch. Today it is just rain. But sometimes, when you have a full

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Pancakes and Play Writing

While cooking pancakes I had one of them profound thoughts that I needed to document and share… Occurred to me that there might be a

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Rain on Snow

I realize that rain splattered snow on your front porch might not evoke feelings of joy in you, but I found the pattern utterly lovely

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February 17 and 24, 2025

This is the 100th anniversary issue, with MULTIPLE covers by Rea Irvin (who created the original signature Eustace Tilley character, the classic NY character looking

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February 10, 2025

Tom Gauld did the cover for this issue, the dreary day with the warm inside scene. Be sure to click that link and visit his

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