Valerie Thomas Hartshorne died on Monday January 30, 2023. Here is a tribute to her long and happy life and her role as our family matriarch.
Sundays are days that I often reflect on, and over the years I have published many blog posts about things that happened on Sundays.
Native Gardens is a new comedy at the Majestic Theater, it is the story of two couples who battle over what the meaning is of a wall between their gardens.
Bellows Falls Vermont was a sad little village when we visited in 2020, and today it’s returned to its former glory…cafes, a train station, and a canal.
I can’t say I am excited, happy, or festive at this time of the year. It’s Christmas, so rife with memories, mostly good, but all gone down the river that flows behind me. So much of my life has slipped behind me, in that churning never stopping river of time. […]
Cirque de Soleil’s Corteo was a magical, steampunk, fantasy-acrobatic masterwork, with touches of humor and fun thrown in.
Mother Tongue is a performance by seven teens about their experiences as immigrants coming to the U.S. and the struggles they endured. It is a memorable and well-done performance, worth seeing.
I took a series of commuter trains to get to my family home 224 miles from Deerfield MA. Here is some advice for anyone who train travels.
I am going to be turning on the Inspire Device that I had implanted into my chest yesterday in one month. Hope to stop using the CPAP device.
The story of Antigone goes back to 441 BC written by Sophocles…this modern adaptation was hard to follow with its foreign concepts to most people.
Scenic Eclipse, the world’s first discovery yacht. Photos from a voyage between Peru and Chile aboard this 550 foot luxury ship.
Celebrating my 64th birthday in high style with a week long cruise on the Scenic Eclipse luxury yacht, traveling down the coast of South America.