There are some moments in life when you feel as if you’re seeing a sign, seeing the future, and yet the future hasn’t happened yet. I remember hearing a short news snippet on the just-born radio station WRSI when I lived in Greenfield. It was Sherie, the DJ, talking about […]
It’s called “Norway in a Nutshell,” and it’s a way to see a whole lot of this vast country in one very long day. We began our journey in the seaside city of Bergen, taking a train to the hiking center of Voss. Then we boarded a bus to drive […]
Yesterday we met a man named Eirik Hitland Johannessen, a 30-year-old graphic designer who is about to open a retail store in the center of Bergen. He’s made his living selling tee shirts with clever designs, playing on familiar words with ironic twists. Some of his designs: a play on […]
It was a sparkling August day in Oslo today as we got out into this vibrant and clean city to meet some of the local people who make it that way. But first, in the lobby, we discussed the events that devastated the country on July 22 when a Norwegian […]
We arrived in Oslo today at 8 am, and it was a quick and easy train ride right into the center of the city. At the Thon Hotel Panorama the view looks out over the fjord where cruise ships disembark. This morning the Queen Elizabeth was moored right in view, […]
They meet, by chance, and he gives her a lift back to her hotel. They strike up a conversation, and soon, they’re dining at a nice restaurant. It was a pleasant date between strangers, and at the end, Gabriel leans over to kiss the lovely Emilie. But she says no. […]
I did my part over the weekend, spending $200 on a new kayak and saving the sales tax. It’s interesting how much the state can motivate people to patronize usually sleepy businesses on a summer sunday just by eliminating the sales tax. Some where I read that that this move […]
What a perfect day to stroll through a fruit orchard and view sculpture. Art in the Orchard opened this afternoon, and for the next few months you, too, can take this stroll through the orchards and woods to see fascinating artwork…Click to learn more!
disturbed-theater (click to view photos) Ok, so dancing around with your dead wife isn’t a particularly funny scenario…but throw in some nubile, scantily-clad burlesque dancing girls, a lively soundtrack…and you’ve got an evening of fun. Disturbed Theater put on their annual smorgasbord of sketch comedy, improv and a wonderful dash […]
In a few days I’m heading off to Norway. I will be joined by my photographer pal Paul Shoul and we will fly into Oslo then meet some interesting local people, so far we are still setting up visits to meet them. Whenever I travel I ask my hosts to […]
For ten years every Tuesday night, Harpo Power, the friendly patronne of the Harp in North Amherst, has stood up on a chair at 9 pm and begun asking trivia questions to a packed house. Teams of four and five people usually include “a science geek, someone young for the […]
I read a passage in a book that I’m reading that made me laugh out loud on the treadmill. It’s a book called The Big Rich, which chronicles the great fortunes made and lost by four famous Texas oil men. The first of the big rich to buy a serious […]