Haven't blogged for awhile ,how about a little about me , OK , here it goes:

                     Grew up in the far Northeast (like way back east) in between VT. and ME. ( that would be the state of NH ). However grew up in Southern NH , Northern NH is a whole different Venue. unless your from the Northeast .. you might not understand , it's like the mountain folks(hillbillies)  live up past Concord ( the state's capitol). Where i was working when Christa McAuliffe -had the space disaster , on Jan . 28, 1986 -  I was a waiter at a restaurant across the street from the state capitol  it was called the Millstone... Now i live in Southern Ca . , Find growing up where i did was really fortunate .. i mean who grows up in So. NH . ?It was a great time from like oh 1979 - thru 1986   - my teenage years... wouldn't take it back (growing up there) for any where else. However my dad was a traveling salesman so i went to three different high schools, that being , my Hometown which is Bedford,NH ,Clear Lake City TX. and Lexington MA.  However they didn't have a high school in Bedford at the time ( they do now), so they bused us affluent bratty kids from the suburb, into the big city of Manchester .. (which i am being a bit sarcastic) Manchester is not a very large city and not a very small city .. it's kind of like Sacramento (about the same size) ..Manchester NH is kind of Republican country and a bit conservative .. well i'll  give you a example of how NH is conservative .. well i grew up before the internet and being on wi-fi and all that. So we had the Union leader which was our newspaper.. it was the only way to get information (news) we didn't have,  i pads, smart phones, internet .. So the newspaper were king back then , They choose who they would put in their paper, the editorials and such.. remember if  they didn't like a horror movie playing at the local movie theater - they didn't like the content or whatever so they just chose not to run the ad ... (they basically refused to advertise the horror movie). This is what i mean by NH was a bit conservative.. Newspaper's were the boss back than and they wrote whatever they wanted.Regardless if you agreed with them, and they choose who they published in their editorials . Unlike today where anyone can be  a writer, a critic, a editor , a movie critic , a restaurant critic .. problem these days there is just to much free stuff online, and it is hard to get paid for your work. Whether it be videos you make, things you write , pictures you take,   all those i just mentioned i have never made a dime selling a photograph.. i plaster everything on Flick and some of my photo's are damn good.But when it comes to getting compensated it just ain't happening.. anyway back to NH , great place to grow up, The folks are genuine, the food is great , and the weather is unpredictable.They have a airport ( i can't fly direct from where i am in Ca.) would have to stop in Chicago or something. So for me, i just fly into Boston and take the bus up to Manchester , that's just me , there's a lot of way's to get to the Northeast . My favorite time of year is late Sept , early Oct. can't beat the foliage.. so if you haven't been to the state of NH , put it on your list to vacation .. it's also nice in the summer, bit muggy and crowded , but a good time of year too. Anyway hope you enjoyed my blog about my home state,  feel free to follow me, or leave a comment ... the sign greets you welcome as you enter (french) -(welcome) (Bienvenue) :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christa_McAuliffe