Kirk M on June 10th, 2008

We’re in the middle of a severe thunderstorm and Tornado watch here in the Northeast Kingdom (a Tornado Watch in Vermont?) believe it or not and during as the very beginnings of the line of storms preceding a rather large cold front hit the Newport area, we got slammed with a huge amount of wind. [...] Read more »

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Kirk M on May 7th, 2008

There’s nothing like an obsession that’s been satisfied. Yesterday was sunny and bright after two days of dark and dreary and lo and behold, the grass was actually tall enough for the first mowing.
Ain’t life just grand though?
And so it was that I happily tossed the gas can into the back of my old Jeep [...] Read more »

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Kirk M on April 23rd, 2008

Oh man, I just can’t stand it! With all this unusually gorgeous weather we’re having around here I have this god awful desire to mow the lawn!! I just gotta  mow the damn lawn!!
Okay… alright, I can handle this now. The grass isn’t up yet…it still thinks it’s…well…April fer heavens sake and April in the [...] Read more »

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Kirk M on March 17th, 2008

If you suffer from depression in anyway my advice to you is to not read the latest news unless it’s from the Good News Network or some other site like that. It won’t help your outlook that’s for sure. Even I’m starting to feel down in the dumps.
China is being it’s usual communist “squash the [...] Read more »

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Kirk M on February 26th, 2008

The Northeast Kingdom is looking forward to a two day snow storm beginning around 10:00 AM this morning and guess where my better half is right now? About 2 hours south of here attempting to take care of the usual quilt shop business that springs up around this time of the year (first sign that [...] Read more »

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Kirk M on January 3rd, 2008

It’s almost cold enough to freeze tourists out there. Not the worst we’ve ever seen for sure but definitely not the kind of weather for wearing shorts…except possibly for Canadians. It was -12 degrees this morning when the sun peeked over North Country High School’s sports field and so far it’s been a bright and [...] Read more »

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Kirk M on November 14th, 2007

Required reading: Tags and Categories-Tagged Again! Part I
Many thanks to Grandad. This absolutely horrendous, disjointed post is all his fault but he’ll probably blame it on K8.
And here we go….
I seem to be getting older these days. Not only am I getting older but it seems to be becoming a habit, a perpetual thing if [...] Read more »

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Kirk M on September 17th, 2007

It was and absolutely beautiful day up here in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. In fact, it was so beautiful that after I got done mowing the lawn, I drove down to the lake a snapped a couple of photos just so I wouldn’t miss it. I swear the water was as blue as the [...] Read more »

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