Winter \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0New (Seed Catalog) Moon<\/p>\n
Our newspaper has been late the last two mornings. \u00a0Yes, I know that shows our age, as if
\nwe’ve insisted on the outhouse in a day of indoor plumbing, but as Kate said yesterday, “I like the feel of it in my hand.” (the newspaper.) As a long time newspaper carrier myself, I know the problems of getting a newspaper consistently in the hands of customers.<\/p>\n
In this case it could be a difficult to start car, a substitute (my guess), a late start, late delivery of the bundled newspapers and, in the case of a substitute, one who’s slower or who’s delivering the route in a different order or who has forgotten us. \u00a0At any rate my empathy is with these folks who get up so early, the newspaper is almost always here before 6 am, and who deliver throughout the year, come rain or come snow.<\/p>\n
I doubt any of them do it 7 days a week, probably a week and a weekend route, but it’s still a lot of dedication for what I imagine is not a lot of money. \u00a0At least they don’t have to collect. \u00a0When I carried the Alexandria Times-Tribune, I had to collect each Friday and it made those evenings much longer than the rest.<\/p>\n
Anyhow, a tip of the hat here to all those involved in the old fashioned work of producing a physical means of delivering the news. \u00a0Up here in Andover Kate and I still appreciate it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Winter \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0New (Seed Catalog) Moon Our newspaper has been late the last two mornings. \u00a0Yes, I know that shows our age, as if we’ve insisted … Continue reading As If We Insisted On Using an Outhouse<\/span>