School may be starting and the days are getting a touch shorter, but peaches are still strutting their stuff at the farmers market, and they’re at their sweetest right now.



It’s only about a century ago — not that much time, in the world of antiques — that you had to dip a nib pen into an inkwell to sign your name.


Summer is fading and it’s time to start thinking about what cold weather might bring, as well as revisiting the parts of the to-do list that didn’t get completed during the summer.


“Have A Good One — It’s Union Made” is the slogan on this cigar store advertising sign. It could also work as a Labor Day salutation.


A neighbor bemoaned the fact that her husband had signed them up for yet another line dancing class at the senior center.