Grandbabies, confetti cake and some reading make for a good start to the new year
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, the new year will have arrived and no one I know really knows what to expect, but we trudge on just the same, which…
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Compiled by Dave Greenleaf 150 Years Ago – December 1871 Christmas was very generally celebrated in town according to the fashion of the times, the custom of the churches and…
Wheeler decision the equivalent of an economic train wreck
By MIchael Nicastro Well, you have to give the new City of Bristol administration credit. I thought for sure it would be at least six months before they thoroughly derailed economic…
Christmas preparations, a trip into Hartford and a look back at two recent city council decisions
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, Mary and I will have ventured out for another production at Hartford Stage, and Christmas preparations at 163 Goodwin St. are well under way….
Comfort in holiday routine; thoughts about council meeting
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, Mary and I will have picked, cut, and transported our Christmas tree home. We will have run a few errands and delivered gifts to…
Simple, right? Find a test and then rest easy.
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, we were to have headed out for our Christmas tree and together shopped for some Christmas gifts, in person but a good drive which…
Leaves wait until this rainy, snowy weekend
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, Mary and I will finally have gotten to the leaves, which have been on the list of chores, but there have been other priorities,…
A long week but never boring–not when there are kids involved!
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, Mary and I will have been babysitting for the 21-month-old for the second day while his mom preps for one of those certification tests…
Some chores, with a little help from one of the kids
By David Fortier Come Sunday Morning, the third oldest will have returned home to help with some chores, mostly ones, I ordinarily would have undertaken myself. Ordinarily relates to that…
Post-election and a historic shift in power
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning the weather will have turned the corner—we are in a wintry chill, getting ready for Thanksgiving—and our clocks will have been turned back an…