Hope you all remembered to change your clocks Saturday night. Time is a funny thing - do we gain an hour or do we lose an hour? I guess it all depends on how you look at it. Can you buy time? I don't think so but then why is it in all the old westerns the good guys were always talking about buying some more time? You can't borrow time so why are so many folks living on it? Time flies, time drags on, Well, which is it? Does it march on or move slow? I guess time will tell. What?
Will the month of March live up to its saying "In like a lion, out like a lamb?" Judging by the forecast for this first week one can only hope. Of course, I get most of my weather information from Mrs. Clark on Channel 16 who acts like she sees the weather at the exact same time as the rest of us. We can get our forecast here simply by calling our kids in Indianapolis the day before. Never wrong yet.
Could the biggest news on Sister Street be the temperature? Single digits and several days minus zero seems to be the norm for the last couple weeks.
As I usually start my news in the middle of the previous week I can tell you that Friday morning the thermometer read 9 below and I needed to go "to town" for supplies, the main one being gas for the old snowplows. I don't plow much snow but I do use them for transportation in the area. Meetings, meetings, meetings. I had four of these things in a week and I can tell you that three of them were a waste of time. I can't tell which were and were not but you get the idea.
The Sister Street Bridge Commission has not held a meeting for several months so I think it should be disbanded. Our few meetings were usually held in the middle of the street at the job-site anyway. I made it a priority on my things to do list last week. by Gordon Matson
I knew if I waited long enough something newsworthy would happen on Sister Street.
One day last week I was out playing in the snow with my tractor and as I was dressed for the weather, I plowed my neighbor Kenny's driveway just because it only involved another five minutes. I have figured out how to solve the "no news" dilemma. I can simply watch the news and make smartalec comments about it. After all, a lot of folks do it in The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times and others. These guys are paid rather well so I've heard.
For instance, in an effort to normalize relations with Cuba, I see the first visitors are a bunch of politicians with apparently nothing important to do in the United States (probably a good thing). A couple of events which seem equally, if not more important, are Betty White's 93rd birthday and Buzz Aldrin's 85th (He was the second man on the moon). And the President will attend the funeral of King Abdullah of Saudi-Arabia who has moved on to that great oilfield in the sky; but he would not meet with the prime minister of Israel. He also thinks the number one problem we face is climate change. A bunch of empty suits just had a meeting in some other country, and there were 1,700 private jets there. That should add a little to the so-called global warming. Plus, I didn't know any of these little countries had an airport that big. By Gordon Matson The trouble with winter for one thing is the fact that there is not much actual news going on at an already quiet street. People get up, go to work (well, some do), and the rest of us sit around looking out the window and wait for something to happen that might be considered news.
Great news for all streets (not just Sister). Texas has passed a law to allow Christmas to be celebrated. Schools may have a Christmas Tree, homes may display the Nativity and you are allowed to say Merry Christmas or Happy anything you chose. The only question I have is why did it take a law?
Greetings from Sister Street. I guess I was premature in bragging about the light display. It didn't take long Saturday evening for the wind to make a shambles of it including a little two-foot tree that I had securely anchored to a bench or so I thought.
I haven't heard much yet about my less than perfect attempts but it has only been a week. I had not seen my neighbor who lives at the end of the street for a few weeks (since the temperature dropped below 50 degrees). I stopped by his wife's place of employment to check on his welfare. She assured me he was fine. I'm used to seeing him often during warm months. We traveled down to Linden, PA Sunday morning to take in a model train show and sale. I should have known it would be a whole bunch of dealers selling obsolete, rusty old train pieces and parts at outrageous prices. I did buy a few magazines at four for a dollar. Good for cold snowy days which am sure we will have plenty of soon. That's as far as my railroad plans usually get anyway. At the risk of losing the Sister Street designation I'll try to come up with some actual "Street News".
I noticed several cars at the Spencer's home last Saturday. I think Thanksgiving dinner was held then. Irene Matson (better known as mom) received a happy birthday phone call from her nephew Joe Biddle who I think lives in Lansdale, PA. Many of you will remember his father "Fid" Biddle, a mailman in Canton for many years. We did manage to put up some Christmas lights last week. Once again the news on Sister Street is slim. I've heard our neighbor Brian is doing well in college, knowing this young man for many years, I had no doubt.
I think but I'm not certain that another neighbor may have suffered a mishap that caused a rollback truck to take away a nearly new auto. If these people would spend a little more time at home, I could call and confirm my suspicions. About the biggest news around here this week was the fact that I spotted a robin. Yes, I know you are thinking sure he did, but I called my wife as a witness and she agreed it was indeed a robin on the 16th of November about 7:30 a.m. He or she sat in the tree for several minutes until I decided to take a picture. Then of course he was gone. I now have the camera at the ready just in case there is a return visit.
I attended an auction alone on Saturday the 15th. I was given a blank check to carry although I did not use it. I only spent $3.00 plus food so you can see only one of us has a problem with auctions. About the biggest news around here this week was the fact that I spotted a robin. Yes, I know you are thinking sure he did, but I called my wife as a witness and she agreed it was indeed a robin on the 16th of November about 7:30 a.m.
He or she sat in the tree for several minutes until I decided to take a picture. Then of course he was gone. I now have the camera at the ready just in case there is a return visit I attended an auction alone on Saturday the 15th. I was given a blank check to carry although I did not use it. I only spent $3.00 plus food so you can see only one of us has a problem with auctions. I'm glad neither of us has a problem with Salamanca or Tioga Downs. I bought a large box of "On Track" racing magazines and I have tried and tried to find a reason for buying them but I can't. Maybe we will get snowed in for a few days. The exciting news of this week began last Sunday with us attending an auction at Pepper's Auction Barn. We had nothing big planned and not having been to any for several months, it was one of those 'let's go see what they have' moments.
It turned out we or one of us wasn't satisfied with looking to see what they had. A truckload of stuff had to come home with us so we could look it over for a long time. What started with me taking a box or two to the truck and each time I returned and there were a couple more waiting. We spotted a truck in the parking lot, covered with snow, and after a short investigation it was learned the truck belonged to the Bastions who live on Armenia Mountain. Mystery solved. |
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