Today I met with my state legislators. Actually, it was a comfortable working lunch at Chandler’s Tavern with Sen. Stan Rosenberg, Rep. Steve Kulik, and six other business people who shared a common interest–promoting tourism in Deerfield. Frankin County’s chamber of commerce was represented by Anne Hamilton, Yankee Candle, Historic […]
The man who fell into an upholstery machine is fully recovered.You feel stuck with your debt if you can’t budge it.Local Area Network in Australia: the LAN down under.He often broke into song because he couldn’t find the key.Every calendar’s days are numbered.A lot of money is tainted – It […]
I love following traditions that are always the same, year after year. Last night we joined our neighbors in a Deerfield Halloween tradition that’s always fun–a hayride around the town in the back of farm wagons with kids in costume. Nathan was reluctantly dressed as an elephant. But he didn’t […]
Today was a day for public service. So I drove 48 minutes to ‘nearby Orange’ to appear on a district court jury. The day began after assembling in a room where a television played ‘Ellen’, and then a documentary about a visit to Egypt. And Luxor. Some of us brought […]
Watch Out! Now even telcos have to fear Google. They’re getting into the phone business. A Google phone may just not cost anything–since the company’s method involves monetizing the screen on the handset with advertising, just like they do with search results. Free phones! They’ve been talking to LG and […]
China has recently astonished me with the levels of pollution found in the air, water and earth. As a regular international traveler, I haven’t ever tried that hard to go to China, because of the bad air and other hazards. Of course, I am sure there are places of great […]
It’s about time Fall arrived. This morning had the brisk air we’re used to in these parts. Cindy and I woke up at the Great Barrington Travel Lodge, after a wonderful dinner with old friends Kent and Lisa at the Castle St. Cafe. When I was making the reservation for […]
Hugo Restall has taken up smoking. Those words are incredulous to me, in 2007, but true…he wrote a piece in today’s WSJ that was a deep appreciation for the finer things in life. Like Chinese-made Chunghwa cigarettes. “If smoking does put you on the road to early death, as some […]
Paul Shoul’s writing is a delight. That’s because he approaches it with the same zeal and enthusiasm that he uses to create wonderful photographs. I am going to be traveling with Shoul again in January, when we take a trip to Melbourne Australia. Here is a snip from his latest […]
Tonight I got another chance to enjoy the wonderful Boston Red Sox, who in their first game of the 2007 World Series crushed the vaunted, 21-game-streaking Colorado Rockies. Cindy surprised me by inviting two friends over to enjoy dinner and the game. Then I spent time with my laptop, since […]
On PBS tonight, the Nova episode about solar energy was both inspiring and frustrating. The inspiration is in the ideas, like Germany’s .50 price guarantee per kilowatt of electricity paid to anyone who puts up solar panels. That’s inspired an entire country of solar fanatics and even farmers who farm […]
Johnny Jet is the most intrepid and continual traveler I think I know. Well maybe he can’t beat GoNOMAD stalwart David Rich, who continously wanders the globe. But Johnny is always off somewhere. Here is a passage from his most recent missive about Cologne Germany, when he is walking through […]