Memories from the Watershed is a light-hearted look at growing up in the village of Middleport, NY between 1952 and 1965. Herein you will find tales of forts and rafts, treehouses and trolls, waterfalls and swimming holes, and you will re-experience the adventures and misadventures, as well as the hopes and dreams of your youth. Fraught with honesty and humor, Memories is an endearing collection of stories that everyone can relate to.
"...I read it through in one sitting... I laughed, and then I cried... Thank-you for the memories..."
Memories from the Watershed is a light-hearted look at growing up in the village of Middleport, NY between 1952 and 1965. Herein you will find tales of forts and rafts, treehouses and trolls, waterfalls and swimming holes, and you will re-experience the adventures and misadventures, as well as the hopes and dreams of your youth. Fraught with honesty and humor, Memories is an endearing collection of stories that everyone can relate to.
"...I read it through in one sitting... I laughed, and then I cried... Thank-you for the memories..."
I was born in Virginia and raised in Middleport, NY. I moved to Deep East Texas in 1979 and married my wife, Carol Ann (Sam), twenty years later. My son, Jason, lives in Southern California with his wife and my two grand-daughters.
Short story by Ambrose Bierce, published in 1891 in Tales of Soldiers and Civilians, a collection that in 1898 was revised, enlarged, and retitled In the Midst of Life. The narrative concerns the final thoughts of a Southern planter as he is being hanged by Union soldiers. In the brief period between the tightening of the noose and the actual breaking of his neck, the man imagines his escape.
A garden pond, with the right planning and stocked with the right kind of aquatic plants and fish, will be a marvellous asset to your garden, attracting a great many wild animals and eventually becoming a miniature nature reserve. It is possible to have a pond which is self sustaining, requiring only occasional maintenance to keep it in good condition.
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Short story by Ambrose Bierce, published in 1891 in Tales of Soldiers and Civilians, a collection that in 1898 was revised, enlarged, and retitled In the Midst of Life. The narrative concerns the final thoughts of a Southern planter as he is being hanged by Union soldiers. In the brief period between the tightening of the noose and the actual breaking of his neck, the man imagines his escape.
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A garden pond, with the right planning and stocked with the right kind of aquatic plants and fish, will be a marvellous asset to your garden, attracting a great many wild animals and eventually becoming a miniature nature reserve. It is possible to have a pond which is self sustaining, requiring only occasional maintenance to keep it in good condition.