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Infernal Inferno: Thermal Thoughts

arslocii wrote 3 days ago: I must have been 3 or 4 when it happened. I still have a memory of the event that seems to have impr … more →

Tags: Life, musings, Random, Small & Great, arslocii, cast iron radiators, craigslist, Dante's Inferno, hydronic heating

Woodstocks Nation, Part 4: New York

arslocii wrote 1 week ago: Right up front, Woodstockers will tell you that the famed rock concert didn’t happen there. Of cours … more →

Tags: musings, Random, Culture, Life, arslocii, Travel, Woodstock N.Y., Woodstock Conn., Woodstock Vermont

Woodstocks Nation, Part 3: Vermont

arslocii wrote 2 weeks ago: Here’s a free-association test: Say “Woodstock,” and people with money will reply “Vermont,” while t … more →

Tags: musings, Random, Culture, arslocii, woodstock, Travel, New England, Road Trip, vermont

Woodstocks Nation, Part 2: New Hampshire

arslocii wrote 3 weeks ago: If you can swing it, come in from the north. Shooting down the highway, eye-opening mountains and “n … more →

Tags: musings, Random, Life, arslocii, woodstock, woodstock new hampshire, Moose, NOrth Woodstock

Woodstocks Nation

arslocii wrote 1 month ago: When we vacation, we tend to overpack the car, point it in the direction of compelling, sometimes ov … more →

Tags: musings, Culture, Life, arslocii, New York, woodstock, Travel, New England, connecticut

Cones of Silence

arslocii wrote 1 month ago: Can there be so many traffic cones on residential streets that you become immune and stop noticing t … more →

Tags: musings, Art | Architecture, Small & Great, Culture, Life, arslocii, traffic cones, road cones, road repair

The Ghosts of Thriftness Past

arslocii wrote 1 month ago: It is said that you can’t go there again. That once you change and the world around you changes, tha … more →

Tags: musings, Small & Great, Philly-centric, Culture, Life, arslocii, Philadelphia, recycling, Main Line

The Where They Were

arslocii wrote 1 month ago: You work and work, and then one day your job is done, or you are done with it, or they are done with … more →

Tags: musings, Random, Life, arslocii, office, Workplace, Retirement, Buyout, Job

Getting Lucky

arslocii wrote 1 month ago: It is time to admit to an addiction. Of course, this isn’t one that requires a daily dosage – so, ma … more →

Tags: musings, Small & Great, Life, arslocii, Hudson Valley, Chocolate, Saugerties New York, Chocolateria, hand made chocolates

The Shadow Knows

arslocii wrote 2 months ago: We tend to design our living spaces with light in mind. It’s only natural: We need to see our enviro … more →

Tags: nature/nurture, musings, Small & Great, Life, arslocii, light, Home, house, spring

Taking a Toll

arslocii wrote 2 months ago: From Merriam-Webster: highway robbery, n., 1: robbery committed on or near a public highway usually … more →

Tags: Life, musings, Random, arslocii, Cars, Garden State Parkway, highway robbery, Highways, interstate

Public Transport

arslocii wrote 2 months ago: I know my role, and the others know theirs. We shuffle on stage and we are, if not comfortable, at l … more →

Tags: musings, Random, Life, arslocii, Theater, Public Transportation, Bus, Performance, Transportation

Slice of Life

arslocii wrote 2 months ago: Our one big splurge, no oftener than once a month, is buying a Bake at Home Pizza. For those who are … more →

Tags: musings, Small & Great, Philly-centric, Culture, Life, arslocii, Pizza, Bake at Home Pizza, local proprietor

Harvesting a Home

arslocii wrote 3 months ago: Everyone makes moves in their lives, and, in a mobile society, changes in their living accommodation … more →

Tags: musings, Art | Architecture, Small & Great, Culture, Life, arslocii, Art, Home, house

The Road Not Taken

arslocii wrote 3 months ago: We do not think of roads in pieces but as ongoing lengths – we even refer to them, in stories and so … more →

Tags: nature/nurture, musings, Art | Architecture, Philly-centric, Random, Culture, arslocii, Highway, Travel

Gathering Place

arslocii wrote 3 months ago: As long as I can remember, there have been places of gathering. Not the institutionalized ones where … more →

Tags: musings, Small & Great, Random, Culture, Life, arslocii, Gathering Place, Coffee House, Cafe

Rock ‘n’ Roll, or Current Resident

arslocii wrote 3 months ago: We are rocketing up the highway, driving as fast as our voices are loud, singing at the top of our l … more →

Tags: musings, Random, Culture, Life, arslocii, Home, radio, Music, Travel

The Community of craig

arslocii wrote 4 months ago: I am not a networker. I don’t Facebook. (Yes, it is a verb.) I do not tweet. I do write a blog, thou … more →

Tags: musings, Random, Culture, Life, arslocii, craigslist, classifieds, Weird Al Yankovic, Craig Newmark

Central Park

arslocii wrote 4 months ago: Among the annoyances of having to work for a living (aside from having to work for a living) is the … more →

Tags: musings, Art | Architecture, Random, Culture, Life, arslocii, Movies, Television, TV


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