Kate Will Have Her Girl Today, Thinking About Phones as Web Browsers
Up very early today, delivering Sam to the Northampton bus station so he can make it back to work today. This is a big day in our household: Kate is having her daughter today at Franklin Medical. I’ll spend the day with Nathan, a daunting task to an old guy […]
Merry Christmas 2008
It’s time for the post Christmas layabout. Time to look at the gadgets and toys and to charge the new devices and digest from the big breakfast by the daytime fire. Outside there is still snow and it’s cold, nice to have a white Christmas once in a while. I […]
The Shooter’s Off to Tunisia, Iranian Story Coming Out in the Advocate
It’s a rainy, horrible day, ironically, one in which many people will be traveling up and down the roads and over the snowy railroads to get together with family and friends. I remember before I was a grandfather, I used to make similar treks down to New Jersey. Now though, […]
Irritated During the "Most Wonderful Time of the Year"
I’m irritated today as I sit at my desk. Ugh…things going wrong and I am being annoyed by many things that grate at me. Let me recite a few of them. There was a fire in the apartment above the cafe this morning. Old wires connected to about six extension […]
The Mystery is Solved, But the Results Still Suck
We’ve solved the riddle of who violated Cindy’s house by breaking in and stealing my TV, her jewelry, laptop and camera. The sad thing is, he’s a guy who I hired to renovate my bathroom on Mountain Road! He has been to Cindy’s house before so he knew the layout […]
More Flights from Logan Bring Joy to Travelers
The snow is piling up outside the cafe window, there is a mountain right in front of the tiny town common with the fountain that never turns off. The snow has kicked up again, it’s now blowing big flakes. Having a four-wheel drive truck is a minor thrill in this […]
Chris Bilodeau’s New Job in the State Department
I love it when cops come into the cafe. I love having them as our regular customers, and getting to know the men behind the badge. I wish the chief would come in for coffe…I’ve been tempted to give him gift certificates to come, but then thought better of it. […]
We Wanted to Go Back to Our Fantasy Hotel Room
Johnny Jet cracks me up. This is a snip of a recent report of a trip to the South Pacific on Frommers.com Black Pearl Farm When we stopped at our guide’s small, company-owned pearl farm and he took a leak in front of the truck on the side of the […]