Over the Deerfield River on I-91, A Peek at the New Highway between the Bridges
A few times a week I drive on Rte 91 and look down to where the new bridges are being built over the Deerfield river. The project, costing about $40 million, is set to be completed by 2016. Today I finally got to see what the bridge that is being […]
A Three Generation Vacation in the Endless Mountains
I’m back from a week’s vacation with 20 or so members of my extended family and what a time we had! I had worried a bit about the old sophomore jinx…could this trip be as fun as last year, when we first came to this gigantic house on a lake […]
Off to Magic-land, for a Week of Family and no Connections
I’ve been stalling because I’ve got a five-and-a-half hour drive ahead of me. I’ll be taking a course through New York State and then …well I am sworn to secrecy about my destination, so I will not provide those details. I am meeting the entire family down there, it’s a […]
After Solid Sound, I Advance to the Solid State
I am zipping along here, having made a major improvement to my four-year-old Macbook laptop. Have you ever seen how fast a solid state drive is, compared to the spinning hard drives we find in most computers and laptops? It’s incredible. It’s as fast as an iPad, and nothing needs […]
Notes on the Solid Sound Festival at Mass MOCA on Sunday
WILCO’s Solid Sound Festival at Mass MOCA in North Adams was a great day of music, arts and comedy. It was also so popular it felt like all of New York City had jumped on a bus and headed north. It was bumper to bumper people, lines snaking out far […]
Bank of America to Close South Deerfield Branch August 16. Bummer!
I moved to my small Massachusetts town in 2000, and brought with me an account at BayBank. I had my Baybank Card…some of you may remember that quaint jingle. The BayBank branch in South Deerfield was a busy place, every Friday afternoon migrant workers from Mexico would line up 12 […]
Solid Sound Festival this Weekend Brings Arts, Comedy and WILCO to MassMOCA
Solid Sound is back! Two years ago we enjoyed a whole day of arts and music in the expansive Mass MOCA complex. There was endless art, from artists making art during the fest, to a comedy show with John Hodgman and other Daily Show cast members, and it all capped […]