bobinmaine

I was never a fan of college basketball until a kid that lives 30 minutes north of me, turned the basketball world upside down because he was so good.  He is currently playing at Duke and is in the...

We have had some very cold weather lately which is not unusual for where I live. Last week the night time temps were below zero nearly every day.  From 9 below to 16 below…I woke up to frost on...

- 18 below zero when I woke up this morning.  Now that the sun has arisen,  it's a little above zero now.

The Man and the BirdsChristmas StoryPresented byChristmasStory.orgBellsIt is my hope that this powerful yet simple Christmas parable about the true meaning of Christmas will not be lost and will...

It didn't really seem like a bad storm but it was heavy wet snow which caused alot of issues with the power lines. No internet and no power. My generator has been running non stop since yesterday...

A fisherman who was fishing east of the Farallon Islands (just outside of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California) spotted a whale who was fully entangled and bound in a fishing net. The...

I did not write this but after reaching 70 about a month ago, it describes my perspective on life, exactly. It took nearly a lifetime to learn to see things in that way."I asked a friend who has...

I saw my first possum a few days ago.  It was a few miles down the road in a wooded area.  I heard they were working their way north. They said it is due to global warming. The following is a...

One morning a husband returns to the cabin after several hours of fishing and decides to take a nap.Although not familiar with the lake, the wife decides to take the boat out, since it is such a...

A little facebook humor:

Computers and cell phones changed everything! 

On this day last year, there was over 2 feet of snow on the ground. This morning, I looked out my window and it was raining and there was no snowflake in sight!I had no orders today but there was...

Saw this today and it was worth sharing..."A pastor asked an older farmer, decked out in bib overalls, to say grace for the morning breakfast."Lord, I hate buttermilk", the farmer began. The visiting...

0 degrees tonight.....Brrrrrr!  That -18 for my international friends.  The wind has been blowing hard all day.  Hard to believe it was 53 F  2 days ago. This has been a crazy winter.

The trees struggle to stay upright under the weight of the ice building up on the tree limbs.