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Bill Moakler
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An unwanted reflection selfie of the refrigerated case at the shop shed. You can see milk, buttermilk, chocolate milk, roll butter, tubs of butter, yogurt, ice cream, meat, cheeses, and sauerkrauts.
December 1, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Reading my recently obtained Elfquest: The Original Quest, Book 4 while drinking coffee at Stewart’s in Sherburne before heading off to finish my Christmas shopping.
November 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Today’s laundromat reading: Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social .
November 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Taken from the back porch of La Maison Blanche in Norwich. I get the same view as my seat, but I was getting reflections in the window when I tried taking pics.
November 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
First stop was at Kriemhild Creamery and their little unstaffed mini-shop in a wooden shed. You pay on the honor system. Kriemhild makes and sells butters, milks, and creams, but the store sells dairy (cheese, ice cream) and non-dairy products from other farms and producers.
November 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The roadside signs for Pires. Not a lot of produce this late in the season, but they did have everything on the signs. Also have salt potatoes, riggie sauce, and spiedie sauce among other area delicacies.
November 22, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Pires Farmer's Market in Norwich, which just closed up for the season.

Part local produce market and part area products, Pires is not in the same league as Weaver's, but it is right here in Norwich.
November 22, 2025 at 4:47 AM
You know you're in Central New York when they bring out the five pound bags of salt potatoes!
November 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
This is how you know you're in Central New York: Bags of Salt Potatoes. (Yes, there is a big salt packet included in the bag to boil the potatoes with.)
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This weekend’s laundromat reading: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee @minjinlee.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I will not fail to swing by Weaver's anytime I am driving through to or from Oneonta. Bulk goods in plastic goods or tubs, baking supplies, local baked goods, specialty products, an amazing deli, lots of local and Amish/Mennonite meats and dairy, and a good produce section.
November 15, 2025 at 3:34 AM
And here's a Macon Whoopee jersey. After the Whoopee folded, they were replaced by a team with a railroad-themed jersey and logo called the Macon Trax.
November 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Here's some more from the Shawn Braley exhibit. Top picture is Bee FFs and the bottom picture is Frown. I bought some postcard prints. And the artist is actually here on Bluesky. @shawnbraley.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
There was yet another temporary exhibit when I went to the Fenimore. Wild Smiles: The Art of Shawn Braley. Shawn mostly does works with anthropomorphic animals.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 AM
This weekend’s laundromat reading: Ditching Saskia by John Moore and Neetols @neetols.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Doing my laundromat reading tomorrow. . Sitting at La Maison Blanche in Norwich drinking coffee and eating madeleines while reading Angelica and the Bear Prince by Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com on the first sunny afternoon in forever.
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Weaver’s Farm Market in Morris , NY. A Mennonite market well off the beaten path three miles outside of town.
November 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Another Bearden painting: The Piano Lesson.
November 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
No laundromat photo this weekend, but I am reading Summerlong by Peter S. Beagle @petersbeagle.bsky.social here at Deja Brew in Norwich.
October 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The other main special exhibit was Romare Bearden: Artist, Activist, Visionary. I saw this exhibit with a guided interpretation from a docent. Staff at @fenimoreartmuseum.bsky.social give good tours.

From the exhibit: Tidings
October 24, 2025 at 2:05 AM
This actually wasn't part of the exhibit, as it was in the children's activity room, but it's a very evocative scene.
October 24, 2025 at 1:33 AM
From the exhibit. I'm pretty sure I'd seen every framed strip in the exhibit in one book collection or another over the years. The only strips that were new to me were the ones from his initial submission to the syndicate, with a different design for Calvin
October 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Look, it's metal lunchboxes! Just like the one my kid sister's friend gashed open my scalp with! Hey, @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social, do you have these in your lunchbox listings?
October 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
October 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
A shot of the exhibit rooms for the Exploring Calvin and Hobbes Exhibit.
October 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM