Does the USA Need Another Football League?
We’re down in New Jersey visiting my parents in their lovely home in Blawenburg. Mom’s garden is luscious, and in full bloom. One thing I love about visiting here is how many fascinating newspapers and magazines are all around us. I picked up the NY Times Sunday sports magazine and […]
A New Deck for the Summer on Mountain Road
Here is a deck that Kieran Riley built for us–a compact little deck that adds a whole new dimension to hanging out at Nine Mountain Rd. So far the cats manage to squeeze between the rails and the new sliding glass door is solid and rugged. A deck is one […]
Sometimes Going Green Goes into the Red
The Wall Street Journal is, as Cindy would say, a great source of Blog Fodder. Last night’s editorial page was about a good idea gone bad. A good green idea that just didn’t work out. In 2005, the Nevada legislature decided to go green. So they passed a bill that […]
Why Are High-Paid Editors Uploading Jpegs and Podcasts?
Douglas McLennan, editor of ArtsJournal.com, pops the Newspaper business right in the kisser with his thoughts on Poynteronline today. “Newspapers started out with enormous advantages going into the digital age (remember “content is King”?) and have squandered it while others innovated. To take even one small example: there isn’t a […]
Ultra Cheap Birth Control is a Gift in Brazil
I read in the Republican today as I gazed out the cafe window. Sunny and bright, and people are full of cheer. I am too, since Brazil’s president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gave the green light to a new plan: Cheap Birth Control for all. “The plan would give […]
Hundreds of Years Before Gutenberg, Books Existed
A few years ago, an Amherst writer named Dick Teresi came to interview me about a story he was writing for the AARP magazine about RV’ing. I picked up the recent issue of the magazine tonight, and found out that the article ran in the May/June issue. While trying to […]
Nobody Wants to Eat Whale Meat Anymore
In the weekend WSJ, there was a story that was short but sweet. It was about the challenges facing the whaling industry. Next week there will be a meeting of the International Whaling Commission in Anchorage. But interest in their products seems to be fading away, moratorium or not. It’s […]
Greenfield’s Wilsons Doesn’t Disappoint
Today was a glorious Saturday, and I made the rounds, using the GPS system to navigate to each tag sale. Then we made our way up to busy Greenfield. We shopped at Wilsons. And as usual, it was a pleasant experience. I wanted to find a belt. Had tried to […]