Winter weather, cold, ice, snow, slush, traffic, oh my, in NJ
By Anthony Buccino
What to wear on a freezing, bitter cold day like today
If you dress like someone who can see Russia from her house, then you are nice and toasty as that arctic blast tears at the seams and zippers in your clothes. But you are, for all intents and purposes, a warm hapless commuter
My friends and I would tromp through the snow playing war or starting wars or chasing the dog and wed laugh til our tears froze along with our running noses. And then we laughed some more.
It's April in New Jersey, keep the snow blower handy
When cherry blossoms bloom in Belleville Park, its time to put away the snow blower. But this year, things have changed.
The Chimney Sweep Saved My Family's Lives
He looked at me plainly, trying to put it simply, Your chimney flue is blocked and your headaches are from carbon monoxide fumes.
Time to Lose the Window Air Conditioners
The new window units are more efficient and lighter than those we started with long ago, they seem heavier each year. I like to be cool, but I'm not a big fan of air conditioning.
Memories of Brookdale Soda, pride of the
Garden State
Unless, and I just thought of this, unless I put the whole bottle in the freezer, then I won't have to get the ice! Hmmmm, that sounds like a cool, safe idea for a hot summer night, doesn't it?
But I better remember the bottle or I'll really have something to write the folks in Ashtabula about. I just remembered that those sealed bottles tend to explode when they freeze. I grew up with that too, on the back porch, in the cold, cold winter nights in Belleville, New Jersey.
A Father's Place - An Eclectic Collection
Rambling Round - Inside and Outside
at the Same Time
Retrieving Labrador Days dog tales in
prose and verse
Greetings From Belleville, New Jersey collected writings
This Seat Taken? Notes of a Hapless Commuter
Nutley Notables, Volume One
Belleville and Nutley in the Civil War
Belleville Sons Honor Roll -
Remembering the Men Who Paid for Our Freedom
Nutley Sons Honor Roll - Remembering the Men Who Paid for Our Freedom
WW2 Letters Home From The South Pacific
Gas Stations
Harrison Next
In Our Old Kitchen
New Orleans In Plain View
New York City Snapshots
Nutley Snapshots in Plain View
Belleville and Nutley in the Civil War
Martha Stewart Doesn't Live Here Anymore and other essays
Nutley Snapshots In Plain View
Nutley Sons Honor Roll - Remembering the Men Who Paid for Our Freedom
WW2 Letters Home From The South Pacific
Yountakah Country
- Nutley Old and New
A Father's Place - An Eclectic
Collection
Belleville and Nutley in the Civil War
Belleville Sons Honor Roll -
Remembering the Men Who Paid for Our Freedom
Greetings from Belleville, New Jersey, Collected writings
Rambling Round - Inside and Outside at
the Same Time
WW2 Letters Home From The South Pacific
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