So re Marion’s story, drivers back in the day were equally careless and clueless as they are today.
Re the photo of the festive hat, it seems an excellent means by which to encourage good posture on the part of the wearer. This posture is how local women I’ve seen in the Caribbean islands stand, regardless of what they’re wearing. Beautifully upright. None of this slumping that is the norm around here except for dancers and equestrians.
So Marion cut timber in her spare time. That means swinging an ax or being on one end of a crosscut saw. I've done both and have the scars on my knees as evidence. Not easy work. Also quite dangerous. Ten years ago I came across a man in his fifties cutting timber near my property. I said to him "you shouldn't be doing this work alone. I told him the story I heard from a neighbor of a young man who was trapped under a fallen tree and had to cut his leg off below the knee, crawl to his truck, and drive himself to the hospital. He grinned and pulled up his pant leg to show me his artificial leg. and handed me his card (Steve Basolt). Marions fish story sounds familiar. On Waterloom Pond I would fish with 2 rods from a boat. One time one rod was pulled into the pond before I could grab it. Later, a tug on the second one which I caught in time, reeled in a large horn pout with 2 lines in its mouth. Got my other rod back.
So re Marion’s story, drivers back in the day were equally careless and clueless as they are today.
Re the photo of the festive hat, it seems an excellent means by which to encourage good posture on the part of the wearer. This posture is how local women I’ve seen in the Caribbean islands stand, regardless of what they’re wearing. Beautifully upright. None of this slumping that is the norm around here except for dancers and equestrians.
Street cars in Fitchburg? Curious I found this: https://collections.trolleymuseum.org/items/4 What happened to them? Buses more efficient?
So Marion cut timber in her spare time. That means swinging an ax or being on one end of a crosscut saw. I've done both and have the scars on my knees as evidence. Not easy work. Also quite dangerous. Ten years ago I came across a man in his fifties cutting timber near my property. I said to him "you shouldn't be doing this work alone. I told him the story I heard from a neighbor of a young man who was trapped under a fallen tree and had to cut his leg off below the knee, crawl to his truck, and drive himself to the hospital. He grinned and pulled up his pant leg to show me his artificial leg. and handed me his card (Steve Basolt). Marions fish story sounds familiar. On Waterloom Pond I would fish with 2 rods from a boat. One time one rod was pulled into the pond before I could grab it. Later, a tug on the second one which I caught in time, reeled in a large horn pout with 2 lines in its mouth. Got my other rod back.