The Man in the Black Sunglasses

At least three times in the last two weeks, approximately 50 pallets of red and white wine have been delivered and destroyed to Bridgewater Resources Inc. on Polhemus Drive in an 18-wheeler truck. It's interesting to watch a river of red and white waste itself into the nearest gutter drain and the 25,000 some-odd glass bottles pulverize into the other garbage instead of tripping down the street to the recycling center. It's interesting to see a man in black sunglasses take as many digital photos over the course of the 10 minutes it takes to complete and to respond to what's going on with: all I can tell you is I'm supposed to see it destroyed; it's government related.

How? I wonder. Maybe huge stocks were tempered incorrectly? Maybe the overstock is regularly demolished by two bulldozers within minutes of a set of 3 pallets hitting the ground. Not the type of thing you donate but how is the project manager not prepared with a response along the lines of the stock being spolied? Where do the drains at the dump flow into?

Dumps by nature are typically shady places with guard-dogs and razor wire and being surrounded by billowing factories out of Mad Max but come on.

Natives

I overheard a conversation about how what we refer to now as Downtown Somerville was once called Uptown.

"Let's go Uptown to the movies."

"Let's go Uptown for dinner - when did it change?"

Those who knew it as Uptown were proud to have known the town for so long no matter.

For more on the history of Somerville, see the below link:

http://www.somervillenj.org/history.html

Autumn in Somerville

get your ice-scraper handy

ride a bike

go play pitch & putt for free in the evening at Green Knoll since it's closed

go bowling

take in a football game; Pop Warner - Somerville or Immaculata - or maybe Princeton

keep a pen and paper in your pocket

take some color pictures, maybe some black & whites and digital - write something on the back of them

decide for yourself the best looking type of tree that causes you to be out collecting leaves

have the extra pair of gloves you don't wear ready for someone with red hands

Snow Removal and Yard Work

Dear Somerville,

I'd again like to offer to those in need of property maintenance to be in touch with me at fpquinn@gmail.com for the upcoming Winter. Please don't hesitate to request help or wait until the snows have fallen.

Thank you for considering this complimentary help.

Sincerely,

Frank