Lest I trigger a "Great Island Brag-Up" or GIB-U, I kept the title to the singular - especially in light of issues such as this.  •  That being said, I have to sing the praises of the New London waste depot which is part of the Island Waste Management Corporation, one of the current … read more »

We are ridding ourselves of a lot of stuff as part of the move from the little farmhouse on PEI. We have a van and a VW golf and that is it.  •  One ponderously large box still in the keeper pile is the hermetically sealed and archived wedding dress which had its day of use almost 12 years ago. I …

...this pretty much sums it up.

I love flags.   I have a collection of maybe 30 or so which I have gathered over the years ranging from a small all cotton one (12 x 18 inch) of the Town of Aalsmeer, The Netherlands (red, black and green horizontal stripes) where I worked in the flower auction in 1986 to a big Sweden (3 by 6 foot …