Keene Slips and Dies

By Russell Nayle
The report of a murder in Lewisburg came over my police scanner just before noon on November 3, 2009.  Nothing ever happens in Lewisburg.  There was a guy – a county prosecutor or something like that, who simply drove off in his Mini a few years ago, and never returned — but that [...]

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Coho

Back in June, wild Alaskan sockeye was the thing.  I got a whole side of that for $21.  It lasted for four days.  We bears like our salmon.  It makes our coats glisten, or whatever.  Mostly, it just tastes yummy.
Yesterday’s deal was wild-caught Alaskan coho for $14 a lb.  I bought a whole side of [...]

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Happy Halloween

This is my favorite holiday of the year.  The fact that it’s Saturday means that I don’t have to dash through a major commuter train station in NYC or Philly, but can dress like a freak, and hand out bags of pretzels with impunity.
Pretzels?  Yes, pretzels.  I’ve no idea how many kids will stop by, [...]

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Die Comcast, Die

I pulled the plug on Comcast, figuratively and literally.  I’ve had it with their service outages; their billing shenanigans is merely the last straw.  They claimed our one-year pricing agreement was only good for six months, then started billing us full rate for one more tier of TV service than we ever recieved, claiming we’d [...]

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A Backward Glance

This is a book that I want to buy and keep on one of my many bookshelves.  Checking it out from my local library isn’t the same as owning it.  Eudora Welty’s sense of humor is pretty good, but it’s nothing compared to Wharton’s.  NYC to Lowell is a big move.
As much as I like [...]

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