by Hank Nuwer | Nov 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
Finding small treasures in a sea of trash by Hank Nuwer My wife Gosia and I like flea markets. Gosia discovered the ramshackle Schleeters Auction and Flea Market in St. Marys, Ohio. Last Saturday, she brought me there to browse. I contemplated buying a 1957 Christmas...
by Hank Nuwer | Nov 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
Little kid said, “it’s Santa!” — 😂 by Hank Nuwer | Nov 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
Picked up salad fixings first thing Thanksgiving Day at Fairbanks Safeway. west store. “Happy holidays,” I said to the large cashier. “How are you?” “Falling apart,” he boomed. “But happy holidays, anyway.” I guess...
by Hank Nuwer | Nov 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
Fairbanks, AK, I swear, is as smalltown as any town in America. I called the local hospital today to get an appointment for a colonoscopy. The male operator asked for my name. “Nuwer,” I said. “Oh, must be Hank Nuwer,” he said. Uhhuh. Like I...
by Hank Nuwer | Nov 19, 2023 | Uncategorized
by Hank Nuwer, Winchester News-Gazette column I don’t gamble, but if I did my adrenaline might skyrocket as it did the night I entered an online Great North Auction for the stamp collection of the late Russell Hobart Green, Jr. of Fairbanks. I knew exactly what was in...