December 2007 - Posts

• Das Rant

  And that’s another point. A recent comic strip pointed out that Christmas used to be about parents doing something nice for kids and kids appreciating it, but now it’s about “growing the economy”. Well, that’s fine if you Read More... Posted Monday, December 17, 2007 11:13 AM by Myric | 0 Comments Filed under: Political, Shopping, News

• There I wuz...

  I know I’ve said this before, but I wish you could see the view out my window right now. Winter has painted over New Hampshire’s fall canvas with a veil of white, and the town around me looks sleepy today, as if resigned to settling into its Read More... Posted Friday, December 14, 2007 11:38 AM by Myric | 1 Comments Filed under: Traveling in NH, Dartmouth/ Lake Sunapee, Winter Fun

• Another from my archives...

  Belonging. Belonging is one of the most important human concepts. It is so completely universal, that I won’t bore you with all the reasoning. I’m just going to assume you already understand why it’s important. I went for a drive today Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 04, 2007 3:39 PM by Myric | 3 Comments Filed under: Traveling in NH, Dartmouth/ Lake Sunapee

• From my archives...

  Tuesday, July 31, 2007 Wait, they don’t call this Pleasant Street anymore, do they… I just got back from a short drive. I should be in bed, but I thought I’d enjoy a short jaunt, so I went. As I left the house I was struck by how quiet Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 04, 2007 3:28 PM by Myric | 0 Comments Filed under: Traveling in NH, Dartmouth/ Lake Sunapee

• An annual tradition

  A pleasing land of drowsy head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye, And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, For ever flushing round the summer sky. Castle of Indolence. The above words opened my favorite story, Washington Irving’s Read More... Posted Sunday, December 02, 2007 8:50 PM by Myric | 2 Comments Filed under: Traveling in NH, Dartmouth/ Lake Sunapee

• The bear went over the mountain... and then I turned around

  “An elegant sufficiency, content, Retirement, rural quiet; friendship, books, Ease and alternate labor; useful life, Progressive virtue, and approving Heaven.” ~ James Thomson, 1748 Lost in the New-England woods today, I happened upon myself Read More... Posted Sunday, December 02, 2007 8:44 PM by Myric | 0 Comments Filed under: Traveling in NH, On the Trails

• Thoughts from an old road trip...

  Freedom? Hmmmm…. Not too sure where to begin on this one. Well, I should first explain that I went for a road trip today, and I tend to get my best thinking done on road trips. As I was driving home I began thinking about freedom. Not the usual Read More... Posted Sunday, December 02, 2007 8:29 PM by Myric | 1 Comments Filed under: Traveling in NH, Political