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THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE MY OWN

THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE MY OWN

This model train layout comparing,

For me is getting quite wearing…

I don’t have room

Laying track to the moon,

Nor wish for hair out-tearing!

It seems that I’ve found

My basic concept is sound…

A New England yard

On which I’ve worked hard,

And still find interesting ground.

Although there’s much work to do,

Determined to see it through…

Without much change,

‘Though I’ve rearranged

Enough things to thicken the stew!

Maybe a separate loop

Of track, a display group…

Will satisfy

When trains must fly,

But not get lost in the soup.

Been planning a coal trestle for

A small power plant next door…

A historic canal,

The tourist to wow

And representative industries, sure.

The track is mostly in place,

I just have egg on my face…

Need to rewire

To help transpire

The switching of trains at my place!

–Jonathan Caswell

(Image: Bing….The Mumford River at Whitin Machine Works)

IS NESSIE GONE?

IS NESSIE GONE?

Nessie that old heart-throb,

(Worth every tourist “bob”.)*

Has not been seen

In months (eighteen),

Since the last observation logged!

According to NBC,

Today on its internet feed…

Old Nessie is missing

And some have been kissing

That beastie good-by, finally.

Loch Ness will ne’er be the same

Without this monster of fame…

Is it really gone

Or just gone along

On vacation worthy of the name?

–Jonathan Caswell

* bob…British money to be made (in this case, from tourists)…in the U.S. they would be “tourist dollars”