… Well, several dozers later, we made it 540 feet in and tied our selves into the old cart road.  We tried larger machines, smaller machines, a backhoe, a farm tractor etc.. The bigger the machine the bigger the mess.  The smaller machine, the more emasculated we were.  It was a no win, but highly…

Alstead Stories   1987 – 1992   Rip. She was 8 months pregnant; he was dragging her around New Hampshire looking at his next project. They found 50 acres on top of a mountain, the seller, Jesse Comstock had owned the land for 60 years.   What a name, he looked it, his property looked it, it fit perfectly. …

This was written back in the day  … a little sexist, could cut in reverse, (the male in charge, but I doubt it.)    In 2013 it is open to all sexual orientation and marriage types. The Skirt Theory  – A level of acceptance in ones personal (relationship) life  – you are no longer fully in charge of…

I have worked for, with and against the old guard.  They were all  ww2 era people who had all been shaped by the great depression, had been married to only one spouse, were tough on their children and were disciplined to a fault – This is the most recent of them. By far, it may be the most…