Archive for April, 2008



We’ll skip most of the history lesson

Published on April 6, 2008

and just look at the pictures. Here’s the bio of John Dickinson, in case you’re interested. He was born on the eastern shore of Maryland, in Talbot County, but the family moved to the Dover (DE) area when he was very small. He was raised in the plantation manor house which faced the St. Jones […]


Gas Watch!

Published on April 5, 2008

Here’s a picture I took today, Saturday, April 5, 2008.  Gas prices have already risen by 30-40% from what they were 2 years ago.  (May I note that my salary has not?)     Now, talk is always that the price of fuel has to do with stock markets, and instability in the Middle East […]


The work is done!

Published on April 3, 2008

First they ripped and thumped and scrapped and thumped and sounded like they would be in the dining room any second, without an invitation to dinner.  And all that mess, shingles, tar paper, couple sheets of plywood, went into a big truck to be hauled away. Nifty idea for getting the new shingles up there […]