Loose Ends: Keeping up with town news

These days it is not the post office door’s memorial cards that catch you off-guard, it is the casual mention of something on Facebook. Once you “friend” someone, you can see their daily Facebook correspondence.Glancing at my niece’s entry one afternoon, I was surprised to see the letters R.I.P. next to the name of a friend. The sharp, dry wit of some jokesters celebrating April Fool’s Day or Halloween has diluted the real meaning…