Friends, Visitors and Guests


Some visitors to Huletts circa the 1990?s.

With Easter behind us and the weather getting warmer, many people are beginning to think about returning to Huletts. We sometimes forget all those talented guests and friends we have visiting us and our neighbors in the summer. I’m beginning to work on the speaker series for the Friends of Historic Huletts Landing as well as planning other acts and performers who would be a good fit for the Casino. So if you have any guests with unique talents who would make for an interesting speaker or show, please consider letting me know. You never know who might be visiting next door.

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays

To celebrate Christmas, I offer you a poem by J.R.R. Tolkien, most famous for his work The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. This and another of Tolkien’s poems were uncovered in 2013 by researchers in England. Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas.

NOEL by J. R. R. Tolkien

Grim was the world and grey last night:
The moon and stars were fled,
The hall was dark without song or light,
The fires were fallen dead.
The wind in the trees was like to the sea,
And over the mountains’ teeth
It whistled bitter-cold and free,
As a sword leapt from its sheath.

The lord of snows upreared his head;
His mantle long and pale
Upon the bitter blast was spread
And hung o’er hill and dale.
The world was blind, the boughs were bent,
All ways and paths were wild:
Then the veil of cloud apart was rent,
And here was born a Child.

The ancient dome of heaven sheer
Was pricked with distant light;
A star came shining white and clear
Alone above the night.
In the dale of dark in that hour of birth
One voice on a sudden sang:
Then all the bells in Heaven and Earth
Together at midnight rang.

Mary sang in this world below:
They heard her song arise
O’er mist and over mountain snow
To the walls of Paradise,
And the tongue of many bells was stirred
in Heaven’s towers to ring
When the voice of mortal maid was heard,
That was mother of Heaven’s King.

Glad is the world and fair this night
With stars about its head,
And the hall is filled with laughter and light,
And fires are burning red.
The bells of Paradise now ring
With bells of Christendom,
And Gloria, Gloria we will sing
That God on earth is come.

Saturday Quote

“There are five stages in the life of an actor: Who’s Mary Astor? Get me Mary Astor. Get me a Mary Astor type. Get me a young Mary Astor. Who’s Mary Astor?”

Mary Astor – American Actress

Shiffrin Wins USSA World Cup Slalom at Killington

The first Alpine downhill World Cup race, to be held on the east coast in 25 years, happened this weekend in Killington, Vermont. 16,000 fans showed up to watch the best skiers in the world race. Team USA’s Mikaela Shiffrin (Eagle-Vail, CO) grabbed first place in the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Women’s slalom.

Little Red Seaplane Flyby


Neal Vandorsten sits in the cockpit of a small seaplane he flew up Lake George last week.

The aerial photo I posted on Thanksgiving day inspired Neal Vandorsten to pass along these two shots from a small red seaplane he piloted up Lake George last week.


The lake was calm on a clear autumn day.

Many thanks to Neal for passing along these photos.

Best Campaign Commercial: A Vote for Good

Out of all the election nastiness on the airways this year, this commercial, produced by the dog food company Pedigree, was the best one I saw. Entitled, a vote for good, I post it here.

Man’s best friend – bringing us closer together.

Jamie Grace – Beautiful Day

The good news for this upcoming week is that the election will be over and it’s the birthday of the Huletts Current on November 9th. So here’s a little happy music with Jamie Grace’s Beautiful Day.

While Halloween is Next Week…

The Huletts Halloween parade was held over this past Columbus Day weekend. While these pictures are a few weeks old, I wanted to post them anyway.

The children gathered and paraded in a wide variety of very colorful and creative costumes and free ice cream was provided at the Casino. A great time was had by all and the “Trick or Treat” offerings throughout the community were not only superb but were graciously received by the children also.