WORST. SONG. EVER.
SAT. NOV. 21.
BARRE. OPERA. HOUSE.
You can shout it from the rooftops that $10 tickets are on now sale:
- Buy online: https://barreoperahouse.org/worst.-song.-ever.html
- Buy over the phone: 476-8188
- Buy in person at the box office: 6 N Main St, Barre
And... 🤫 There's just one spot left in the lineup... 😬 Follow the directions at the BOH link above to sign up!
Coolest thing we pulled out of the Gunners Brook this morning. 👀 Join the clean-up next time! https://www.facebook.com/BarreRivers/
Saturday August 8th is worldwide HTML Day! Stop by the library any time between 10:30am–1:30pm, and learn to code something in hypertext markup language (which is actually easier than it sounds). Or if you already know HTML, then meet other folks who are into it too.
Our local host: https://tanzi-media.com/Blogs/Misc_blogs/html_day_26
The global idea: https://indieweb.org/
Open house at 'Up End This': Come see how we build housing in Barre.
- Friday, July 31
- 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
- Up End This
- 53 Granite St, Barre
https://www.satelliteinorbit.com/
Casual open house; drop in anytime, ask questions, & take a look around.
From Up End This...
"Have you ever wondered what goes into building one of our modular homes?
We're opening tour Headquarters and inviting our neighbors to see how we're rethinking housing through precision CNC manufacturing. From individual components to completed homes, you'll get a behind the scenes look at how sustainable, high performance buildings are designed and built right here in Barre.
You'll be able to see:
• Our Base Station 480 home nearing completion, including finished interior spaces.
• The next home currently under construction, showing how our CNC cut panel system comes together before becoming a finished module.
• Individual components, materials, and parts on display so you can see how the system is designed and built.
• Our completed Orbiter, an 8' x 10' backyard office and guest room that is available for immediate purchase and delivery. If you've been thinking about adding a home office, studio, or flexible backyard space, this is a chance to tour it in person.
Whether you're curious about modular construction, interested in accessory dwelling units, looking for a backyard office, or simply want to see what's being built here in Barre, we'd love to meet you.
We're proud to be designing and manufacturing housing right here in Barre, and we hope you'll stop in to say hello."
Given the way he's parked...I think we should take him seriously.
Took a pic midflight...and my brother Nano Banana'd it.
I grew up (part of the time) around here in the 70s & 80s and am wondering if anyone else remembers "Aloysius." Looked like R Crumb's 'Mr. Natural' (old guy with long white beard). Used to drive around (and maybe live in?) an old modified step van/what looked like a former ice-cream truck. A 'street preacher' type of fellow, often parked at major intersections in & around PG/Carmel/Monterey proselytizing to passing vehicles.
He once bounced a tennis ball at my grandmother's car, which was stopped in traffic at a light (maybe around Holman's Hwy & 1, or Carpenter & Cabrillo Hwy, when those intersections were tamer). And I, riding in the backseat with the window down, caught it! He had written on the ball in marker: "LOVE ONE ANOTHER." Another time I was hobbling around CHOMP on crutches with a broken toe and he tried to persuade adolescent me to let him, like, 'faith heal' me.
I think I recall that his initials were "AAA," like Aloysius A. [lastname starting with A]. And he might have even had "A.A.A." written on the outside of his step van.
What's jogging my memory & prompting this question is that I'm visiting my brother, who lives here now, and I see that the ballot for Calif governor lists 61 candidates. So the other thing I remember about Aloysius is that he would manage to get his name on the ballot for various political offices...and he always got a handful of votes! (My grandmother would scoff, and my grandfather would always say something like, "Well, that's three more votes than I got." Hint: Grandpa wasn't running.)
Any oldtimers on this sub? Or if you know an oldtimer, would you ask them: Who exactly was Aloysius, and what was his backstory? Surely something interesting...
Pretty good visual of scaly leg mites (if that's what this is?). This crow is a regular in my brother's yard & has been hanging in there year after year! Although its feet appear to get more & more encrusted...they're almost like paddles now. My brother keeps an eye out for this crow and makes sure it gets a peanut or two. 🥹
Tried my hand at buttermilk whole wheat. Ended up being the perfect dunkers!
While an increasing number of venues focus on their vinyl game, Bud's bar, inside La Playa Hotel in Carmel California, focuses on their reel-to-reel game.