We are getting a new police station in town. Why the old one is obsolete is beyond me. The only act of “evil” committed in my town is going a few miles over the speed limit, and this is hardly a matter worth flashing blue and red over. Given this, … [Read more]
Small Town Planning
I live in a small town that really loves being a small town. Willoughby is the kind of place that has heavy regulations about new construction. They don't mind that it happens, but they are very particular about the way the buildings look. Historical … [Read more]
Tinkers Tinker
As a child my father and I would go to Tinkers Creek in the early mornings before school. I was in the second grade, so then the only purpose for going there was for brief play before school. However now that I'm older this I recognized that it … [Read more]
By the mellow stream
This was way back when I was in 4th grade. I went to boarding school for a year. I didn't understand why I had to go to boarding school back then, I knew my parents weren't trying to punish me because I was a pretty good kid. We had applied for the … [Read more]
Environmental and Economical Succession
It happens everywhere and I have seen it in too many places to simply stick with one so I'll make a list (in no way comprehensive): The field across from my uncle's farm being subdivided the remnant patch of forest surrounded on one side by a … [Read more]
Bubbles in the Stream
When I was younger, I would often go on tiny trips to small isolated pockets of woods. They were rarely actually far from civilization at all, but to my childish imagination they were the deepest wilderness I'd ever experienced. One of these was a … [Read more]
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