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About On the North River

Forty years toiled in the Tel-com industry, married for 36 years widowed at sixty-one. Ten years in a relationship with a woman until her death. Was a Tea Party supporter. Today a follower of the Last American President to be honestly elected, Donald J. Trump. Recently had Ancestry.com tell me I'm Swedish, not Danish. I may need to change my avatar.

Waiting for Godot.

Conversations while waiting for the deliveryman delivery-person. I bought a used Nikon D90 camera to replace the only seven or eight year old Nikon D70s I bought after the Great Fire destroyed all my film cameras and forced me to … Continue reading →

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Leaves I take pictures of have more life in them than is left in Obama.

Henninger: Obama’s Credibility Is Melting Here and abroad, Obama’s partners are concluding they cannot trust him. The collapse of ObamaCare is the tip of the iceberg for the magical Obama presidency. From the moment he emerged in the public eye … Continue reading →

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Sea, Dogs, See Horse.

Ahoy, mateys! US to stop printing nautical charts By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – The federal government is going into uncharted waters, deep-sixing the giant paper nautical charts that it has been printing for mariners for more … Continue reading →

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Bike & Camera, finally.

Finally felt like going out on the bicycle around the neighborhood, with one of the cheap digital cameras hanging from my neck. Did better on the medium hills than I feared.  Biking isn’t bothering the back, fingers crossed. And to … Continue reading →

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2 dead, 2 injured in shooting at Nevada middle school

A staff member at a middle school in Nevada was shot and killed while trying to protect children after a student arrived on campus Monday and started opening fire, police say. Police said between 150 and 200 officers responded to … Continue reading →

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The birds are singing…

Wind farm being torn down for scrap A wind farm that has been in the Yorkshire Dales for two decades is being torn down, and is believed to be the first to be scrapped in the UK. Terrific! I’ve seen … Continue reading →

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The tottering photographer

tot·ter ˈtätər/ verb gerund or present participle: tottering 1. move in a feeble or unsteady way. “a hunched figure tottering down the path” That’s me. The last couple of days I’ve pushed myself to get out with a camera and … Continue reading →

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Happy News.

Greenpeace Arctic Activists Update Complaints that the cell is too cold The UK leftist Independent here writes that some of the 30 arrested Greenpeace activists are complaining of harsh conditions and that their cells are too cold. The Independent quotes … Continue reading →

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The Tree

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Miserable capitulation.

Advancing. Ever Advancing.  By: Erick Erickson Much cynicism has been expressed over the past month about the effort, led by Ted Cruz and Mike Lee, to fight Obamacare. It was about money or defeating Republicans or something other than what … Continue reading →

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