I have enjoyed blogging immensely since I first began more than 1414 posts ago in November 2004. Kent quickly followed suit, after reading mine and seeing how much fun I was having, in January 2005, Be Our Guest joined the GoNOMAD blog team. Then about six months later, my associate […]
Snowstorm headed for Bay State, people rejoice in New England’s streets! Chris Choate took this photo in Scriba, NY. Anita Davis and Michael Givins wrote in today’s Boston Herald about the good news we’ve all been eagerly waiting for: IT’S GONNA FREAKIN’ SNOW! While plow drivers have been cursing the […]
It is nice waking up in the cold winter morning and reading some good news about Africa in the NY Times. “Recent studies of vegetation patterns, based on detailed satellite images and on-the-ground inventories of trees, have found that Niger, a place of persistent hunger and deprivation, has recently added […]
Born January 1st 1994, in Echo Bay, Canada, Chanda was a Champagne Toy Poodle who caught the attention of the Local, National and International Press. Afghan hounds may be the dummest dogs in the world, but experts say Poodles come in at number two.Meet Chanda-Leah, the smartest canine who ever […]
The Daily Hampshire Gazette came through with a great one on this frigid day. Watching people walk against the wind, our Open flag is flapping in the breeze. This was the headline, ohmigod it’s happening. Porn is coming to King Street. A big ole Porn emporium, in the former car […]
Snow fell in tiny flakes when I woke up this morning, gearing up for an early shift at the cafe. We’ve been busy planning the next phase of the cafe…making the whole place bigger and opening up so we can add more tables. Georgi from the restaurant next door came […]
On Tuesday night we huddled around a fire and watched American Idol. Who can resist those god-awful hopefuls who can’t sing and make such fools of themselves? But the special treat of the night came at a commercial break. Suddenly, on the screen was Isabella Bricker, Cindy’s beloved god daughter, […]
The Christian Science Monitor ran a story recently about how Google’s hidden payroll called Adsense helps out both middle class Americans and especially, the poor around the world. “But it is Web entrepreneurs in the developing world who are reaping the greatest benefit from the program. Because Adsense earnings can […]
Today’s bitter cold made it a good day to sit in the cafe windows and read the Gazette. There I found a story about one of our customers, Jane Sabo, who with her husband Karl has run the nearby Deerfield Inn for 20 years. The story reflected on their decision […]
This morning I decided to open the cafe to just Cindy and me. Despite a regular customer who popped by wanting a coffee, “Sorry, we’re closed,” we have the cozy cafe all to ourselves, and we made omelettes, read the NY Times and enjoyed lattes and good music from the […]
After the season’s first real snowfall, New England woke up with a smile on its face. Hunkered down in Green Lane’s basement, I read the Wall St. Journal account of how a new novel will be marketed. I saw the same book featured in the Costco magazine, so this title […]
Today’s Wall St. Journal included more evidence that yes, Wal-Mart is going green. This might be window dressing for the behemoth corporation that faces bad press over wages, but I think this is the beginning of a paradigm shift in how people view the environment. In a speech in London, […]