As I drove north in the GoNOMAD Café truck en route to pick up supplies, I listened to Michael McConnell on the AM dial. He isn’t a total right winger either. He was talking about a new program that the Feds have implemented to get kids to eat their free […]
It’s a complicated day, full of fits and starts and stuff I am not sure how to fix or finish. First it’s getting tickets to Cancun, which sounds great…but then we saw that our Mexican agent’s price was way, way higher than what the airline offered. DÓH! It’s too late […]
In life there are times you have to just hold your tongue and say thank you. Thank you, Recorder, for publishing a neat article about my trip to Iran. Chase Scheinbaum the young reporter got all the facts right, and the photo looked kinda cool. But… It’s NOT on their […]
Who knew that so few people in Myrtle Beach would be willing to shell out $40 or so to visit a rock and roll theme park? But apparently, nine months after raising over $400 million the owners of Hard Rock Park are giving up. They couldn’t have opened at a […]
I did a recap late this afternoon about what I got done today. At the top of the list was a meeting in the cafe with Marty McGuane, the new Director at Franklin County Access Television, which serves the towns of Deerfield, Sunderland, Conway and Whately. It was time for […]
I read a story by Alex Roth in today’s WSJ that made me think two ways about the same problem, from two ends of the railroad track. A large Florida utility that buys long trainloads of coal is trying to get the state to re-regulate the railroad that brings their […]
I am proud to show my keyring now. Despite its janatorial heftiness, you can see that I’ve now got a Y card attached. And I am just back from my first workout as a regular member!It feels great to be a little beat up in a good way. I got […]
Going to tonight’s movie was like driving through the FastLane on the Pike. We walked past a long line of people waiting to buy tickets, since we had bought ours ahead online. We just scanned a barcode and out popped the tickets–no waiting. The movie was a breathtaking sonic explosion […]
It sounded like such a good idea: develop a print magazine using reader-contributed stories and photos. And let the readers vote on which articles would make it into print. Sort of like Digg, but wow, in print. But you need more than a good idea to stay in business in […]
Today at the cafe, a Christmas song came on the sound system….I felt self conscious like I should stop playing those tunes from the expired holiday, and face the fact that we are now in January, a month I’ve dreaded since I first became an adult. There is something bleak […]
Last night we watched the Young @ Heart Chorus movie, and among the best parts was that of Fred Knittle, singing Coldplay’s ‘Fix you’ to the full house at the Academy. Very poignant. Bill Knittle’s dad, Fred Knittle, died today. Fred had a great role with lots of facetime in […]
I was pleased with the Advocate article I wrote about the lives of Young Iranians in this week’s issue, especially that they were able to include four photos.I was moved by the comment that came from a reader in Iran named Parin, who said… I want to see my relatives,that […]