I wrote last week about some of those little things in life that delight and entertain me. I’ve got another to add to the list. That is the most satisfying feeling you get after you’ve just been to the dentist and your teeth have been newly stripped of tartar and […]
When James G. Boswell became an adult, he was given 50,000 acres of cotton fields in California’s San Joaquin Valley. He lived until he turned 86, and turned the 50,000 acres into 200,000. His obituary ran in the NY Times on Friday, but he wouldn’t have cared much, say his […]
It’s nice when a Netflix recommendation turns into a great afternoon of moviewatching. On a cold and blustery Easter on Green Lane we watched “Arranged,” a film about two women, one Muslim and one Orthodox Jew, who follow the same path to love and marriage. They meet at the school […]
I think that if I ever owned a bar, it would have to be a lot like the Rendezvous in Turners Falls. Once again I joined my pals Joe and Bill and we headed up to Avenue A to Third St. to the friendly confines of this wonderful Friday night […]
Today I got a chance to visit the new cafe in Holyoke, the Dam Cafe, and got a chance to see how things were shaping up. Like many of the locals who are dying for an alternative to Dunkin’Donuts and his new cafe has a cozy couch, a flat TV, […]
I just finished a meeting with an unassuming guy whose work impresses me. He’s doctor Stuart Rose MD, who runs a site called travmed.com. On the site Rose dispenses information for travelers that runs the gamut from mosquito protection to how prevalent malaria is in certain Southeast Asian countries. Jackie […]
Once I took a ‘course’ in voluntary simplicity. It wasn’t really a course, more like a bunch of people who met once a week to talk about how to make life simpler and less stressful. At one point during a session, we all went around and talked about little things […]
Last night was highlighted by a successful dinner party where for the first time in ages I cooked using recipes and the results were delicious. I even had to punt, skipping some unobtainable ingredients, but it was fun seeing those stuffed baby eggplants and scallops sitting on the plates. I’ve […]
A lovely evening of music began at a cafe that’s even smaller than the GoNOMAD Cafe tonight called the Blue House Cafe in Haydenville. We had been invited by our friend Chris Cappello, who was playing the drums for the Fran Ciccarcarelli Quartet. In the tiny space, a big bass, […]
A GoNOMAD Reader named Ginnie Terhunez emailed me, asking for advice about which part of the East Coast to visit. She asked me about the Cape, and about other areas. I replied saying that Long Beach Island and Cape Cod were two great places to visit. Here are the details. […]
I’m just back from Atlanta, and just barely made my connecting flight on Delta from Detroit to Hartford. For some reason I thought Detroit was central time…D’OH! So I ran like a greyhound and found the door closed. A sullen gate worker opened up the door and I ran down […]
