Category Archives: Personal

This week.

Posted on July 20, 2019 by On the North River

This is the week that I can set the AC to 80-82 degrees and it still feels cold when I come in from outside. This is the week that you  don’t hunt for a parking space near the theater, but … Continue reading →

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Watching the Ship.

Posted on June 9, 2019 by On the North River

The Ship What is dying I am standing on the seashore, a ship sails in the morning breeze and starts for the ocean. She is an object of beauty and I stand watching her till at last she fades on … Continue reading →

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Afterword.

Posted on May 27, 2019 by On the North River

A Find A Grave photo request has just been made in your area. If you are able to take this photograph, please read the ‘Instructions for Photographers’ paragraph at the end of this email. Name: Edmond J Harvey (unknown – … Continue reading →

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Professor and the Madman.

Posted on May 20, 2019 by On the North River

This movie isn’t playing anywhere, no room for it with all the theaters showing multiple copies of Avengers: Endgame. But I found that it is available on streaming so we watched it at home on VUDU.  And were blown away.  … Continue reading →

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‘Like’ my new hat.

Posted on May 10, 2019 by On the North River

ASIN: B07BZF946J  

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See Unplanned.

Posted on April 10, 2019 by On the North River

Unplanned (2019) UNPLANNED is the incredible, powerful true story of Abby, a young woman who gets drawn into working for Planned Parenthood because she thinks that the goal is to help prevent pregnancies.  UNPLANNED | Movieguide | Movie Reviews for … Continue reading →

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Posting will be reduced.

Posted on February 2, 2019 by On the North River

Rather massive failure of the upstairs computer that I do most of the blog and photography on.   Combined with the inexplicable failure of the backup drive, much has been lost.

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Influenza.

Posted on January 2, 2019 by On the North River

Well, the one nice thing is that I think that the worst day of 2019 is already behind me. The reason is I just got out of the hospital, for the Flu. Or The Influenza for the purists. I think … Continue reading →

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True Story

Posted on December 22, 2018 by On the North River

When I was in High School, that summer I had a job at the airport installing runway lights; threading pipe and pulling wire. The company had an old line truck with a A-frame boom and a manual winch. Two rows … Continue reading →

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The Kavanaugh Cigar.

Posted on October 9, 2018 by On the North River

My Grandfather smoked cigars.  When I think of him I still remember the smell of his cigar. Gramp was a life long Republican.  My mother remembered him telling her, even before she was of an age to vote, to always…always…vote … Continue reading →

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