I was thinking about my neighbor from when I was a kid. Red Prouty. He lived down the road on a hairpin curve in a tarred shack with a garden in the front yard.
He didnt pay taxes on that shack. The land had been in his family since being granted to them by King George 3rd.
He had a old VW beetle but usually road his bike. It wasnt unusual to see him on his bike miles from home even in his older years. .
He played an old Harmony guitar, a fiddle and the banjo and had played at many fiddling contests and shows in the northeast and was friendly with Pete Seeger and other notable folk singers.
He had the same kind of shack in Florida where he spent his winters, New England winters not being suitable to his home.
He was a nice guy and I have fond memories of him from my younger years.
Anyhow, I searched his name and found this on the internet. It brings me back to memories from better , more carefree times.
He didnt pay taxes on that shack. The land had been in his family since being granted to them by King George 3rd.
He had a old VW beetle but usually road his bike. It wasnt unusual to see him on his bike miles from home even in his older years. .
He played an old Harmony guitar, a fiddle and the banjo and had played at many fiddling contests and shows in the northeast and was friendly with Pete Seeger and other notable folk singers.
He had the same kind of shack in Florida where he spent his winters, New England winters not being suitable to his home.
He was a nice guy and I have fond memories of him from my younger years.
Anyhow, I searched his name and found this on the internet. It brings me back to memories from better , more carefree times.
Red Prouty:Self Made Man : Andrew Courtney : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Thornton Prouty Red was a totlally self made man. he lived in his shack home in old Furnace Massechusets with his goat, his bees and a wonderful garden....
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