Quote of the Day

"I have always contended that the substitution of the internal combustion engine for the horse marked a very gloomy milestone in the progress of mankind."
(Sir Winston Churchill)

(Horse watering trough in Monson, Massachusetts, with the author's internal combustion engine and a classic red internal combustion engine. The trough was placed in 1882 by W.N. Flynt and the street surrounding it is Fountain St.)

(Bud on Rt. 181, about to pass between the concrete abutments of the Hampden Railroad ("The Railroad That Never Was"). Our farm lies on the other side.)

(The same place on Rt. 181 in November of 1912.)