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It is not so much that I have had little to say, so much as I've been putting my efforts into things at Creston Lodge. Please visit our Facebook Page to see what's been happening.

We met Harve and his wife Julie shortly after they moved to Creston about a decade ago. They'd stopped in at the Legion, which we habituated at the time, and introduced themselves. The staff there, noting they shared a surname with me, called us to come and meet the new arrivals. We learned Harve wa...

So....., I've been missing my regular dose of Newfoundland music ever since the CJYQ stream switched to country music from a rotation of Newfoundland Traditional music. Frequent searches for similar music on any of number of Radio Apps found nothing; apparently the ones I used include regular broadc...

Have a vehicle without Bluetooth connectivity? The Jabra Drive Bluetooth speaker may be just the tool you need. I've used this device for over two years, and with few exceptions, find it easy to use, and extremely portable. I regularly use it in our two vehicles for both phone calls and GPS directi...

It has clearly been a while since I posted to this blog, and my excuse is that 'retirement got in the way'. I have been somewhat consumed with re-organizing my life around an early retirement, and the joys thereof. I expect to be back with topics far more regularly from here on with the little thing...

Creston now has three high-speed Electric Vehicle charging stations; two at the Chamber of Commerce Office on Northwest Boulevard, and a third in the Cook Street Parking Lot in the downtown core. There is a Tesla Fast-charge unit downtown, and both a Tesla and a ____ at the Chamber office. Traveler...

Shawn Blanc, a writer I occasionally follow wrote a great article on the topic of setting a discipline to craft posts to his blog. Shawn made the bold step to generating a full-time income from his blog a few years ago, and has managed to continue along that path. I expect his regularity at keeping ...

I have cold feet.

Ask my partner; she'll tell you: VERY cold feet.

During the day, I manage this with appropriate footwear, and in some cases by avoiding activities, such as ice fishing, from which there is no respite. However, bedtime has long been a problem. I've added extra blankets, fluffe...

I was reading some of the challenges faced by an individual who chooses to avoid credit, and pays cash for all her purchases. While she knowingly does this from choice, one episode was particularly interesting:

I have no usable credit history by choice. I have money. I pay my bills every month on the...

One of the reasons for choosing an iPhone in the first place was to reduce the number of gadgets I needed to carry. Although we still use dedicated cameras for best picture quality, the iPhone has filled the gap for many other tools.

While the iPhone has a maps application, and some folks add the Goo...