This is one of those bellweather events that will be remembered. At least, in the book publishing business, today could turn out be a very bad day. Author Seth Godin has deleted his publisher. A story in the WSJ said the author of a new book called “Linchpin: Are You […]
Sidney Harman thinks you’ll buy Newsweek as long as there is better quality, heavier paper. And he said he thinks that extra heft will make newsstand buyers want to take it home and read it. The WSJ’s Russell Adams wrote about the deal in today’s paper. Harman has a lot […]
Lance Armstrong is a beacon of hope to millions of cancer patients. He’s also known by team members as a headstrong egotist who shoves people out of the way to put himself in the spotlight. Two stories from a long article I read about the 7-time Tour de France champ bubbled […]
Last night I capped off a very long day with a few beers served up to me by the owner of a Deerfield brewery. Yes, like me, owner of the cafe, and like Nick, owner of the catering company, when events beckon, it is usually the bosses who man front […]
It’s t minus 15 hours and I am still a little jumpy over this huge task. We are feeding 675 bicycle riders who are coming to Deerfield to ride in a 110-mile race. On dirt roads. Up lots of hills! The cafe has partnered with the Sheep, the Black Sheep, […]
Summer is in full bloom, yet every morning I wake up with fan blowing and I”m freezing. I can tell that no, despite it being the middle of August, the chill of September is not far away. Here is a poster that I loved from Spokane. From 162_PANA
In my backyard, a flock of chickens enjoys the spoils of bugs, grass and other things they stoop down to peck. The 12-strong flock is hardy and happy; they lay blue eggs and live a good life in South Deerfield. I was sad when I read a story in the […]
With her finger once again squarely on the pulse of America right now, Peggy Noonan writes in today’s WSJ about Steven Slater, the now-famous JetBlue flight attendant who cursed out his passengers, grabbed a beer, and slid down the emergency exit chute and off into the night. Her point wasn’t […]
When I was a small boy, one of the highlights of growing up was a club my dad started with some of my friends. The club met on Saturdays, and each week a different dad took us out and showed us something…manly. Once we shot rifles at cans; another time […]
Like an empty canvas, the blog page emerges, and I have to fill it. It’s never a chore, never a bother. I always love writing and do it with ease. Today I used Delta miles to buy my ticket to Phocuswright, the world’s biggest and best internet travel conventions, which […]
It’s been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon…oh, no, that’s not right. However it has been a relatively quiet week, in that same lazy spirit, here on the coast of Maine. It’s interesting the way the priorities become simply what’s for dinner, what’s for lunch, and I wonder what their […]
What kinds of things do you learn on a Portland Maine Foodie tour? Here are some of the things our guide Dave told us as we strolled the streets of Portland, Maine, looking for things that foodies enjoy. Prisoners in the 1840s revolted against guards who insisted on feeding […]