Friday presents a conundrum to me almost every week. There is this pressure, this sense that I should have a plan, why didn’t I make a plan, what IS my plan? It’s often a night where my significant other likes to join her pals in her far-off village, and thus, […]
What is it about a doctor’s appointment that makes men so anxious? I have noticed this distinct difference between the sexes; women regularly go to check-ups and follow their doctor’s advice and don’t get nearly as wound up as we men do about simple things like the annual physical. As […]
Michael Kittredge introduced himself to the crowd of Frankin Chamber of Commerce members as “the guy who started that other candle shop down the road.” He also said that he’s now known as Bernardston’s biggest banker after eighteen months in business at the firm he started with his son Mick, […]
Snow days of yore were wondrous. When I think back on snow as a youth growing up in the village of Blawenburg, my vision of that day gets all gauzy and misty with memories as clear as a tear. I remember one snow day afternoon we had gone sledding down […]
It’s amazing how quickly a day can change, and completely spin onto its head. We were lounging around, puttering on the computer and watching TV, and the land-line rang. This is only relevant because I almost never, ever answer that old thing. It’s just never for me, since people call […]
I have a ritual of removing my old calendars off of the wall and when I put the new ones up, one page for each month of 2012, I eagerly await seeing how it will be filled up with travel. People who travel a lot have to pick their spots. […]
It’s now exactly a year since I sat right here on that auspicious date of 1/11/11 and wrote goals for the year. At the time I was reeling by owning an unprofitable cafe that was sucking the life out of my viable web business, so I remember a month later […]
I came home to the cold but found that my gloves and a brisk walk solved the problem. Then to the treasures that my mailbox always brings. Yesterday I published a story by a young writer named Jonathan David Thompson, who recalled an experience he had in Benin recently. He […]
One of the highlights of this trip has been the food, created by the quiet dynamo Ruby and her assistant who come to the Casa each morning from their home in the native Mexican village of Tuito. Rudimentary Spanish is exchanged by English speaking guests and the cook; Bob and […]
1. Kids are everywhere, and they are comfortable playing their own games. Two tiny girls were playing doll games with a pair of scissors and a pen, another pack of kids was using a beached jet ski as their playground…and tag was their game. Videogames? No way! 2. You can […]
Today brought more wonderful times in the relaxed and easygoing setting that makes Mexico such a great destination. It still amazes me that so many of my American friends and relatives are afraid of coming here…it’s just so relaxed and fantastic. We made an excursion by small boat today to […]