Give Him a Fishing Net He’ll Learn to Fish, Not Beg
We had a lazy brunch at a placed called B’Shara’s next to Rte 5 in West Springfield today, and I got a chance to read the NY Times. A story about food aid provided an interesting twist…and in the piece former President Bill Clinton admitted to having ‘never thought of […]
The Dirty Truth: A Good Old Honest Beer Bar
Last night I went again down to the big city. It was time to meet Cindy and some other pals at a bar I’ve never been to, but I’ve always admired: The Dirty Truth. This place was originally built as a Pan Asian joint. But they went out of business, […]
Aren’t You Glad You Don’t Ride the Mumbai Train?
India is a magical place, I’ve been told, but also a place where the Malthusian images of overcrowding can be pretty scary. I found out this morning when I read a story in the Wall St. Journal by Eric Bellman about the crowded and deadly commuter trains of Mumbai. He […]
Our Correspondents In France
Today I am working the morning shift at the cafe. The sun struggles to come out, it is still about forty degrees. Ugh. New England is in the midst of a collective sigh. Again. It is fun to pop onto the GoNOMAD blogs and read our travel warriors’ accounts. Sony […]
A Boy, A Sailboat, and a Transatlantic Dream
I read National Geographic Adventure while I waited in my car yesterday, in the crappy gloom that we call New England weather. I found a story about a fourteen-year-old boy from England named Michael Perham who just sailed a 28-foot sailboat called Cheeky Monkey some 3500 miles across the Atlantic. […]
Bringing Back the Videos Killed Video To Go
Yesterday’s Daily Hampshire Gazette had a sad story with an unfunny pun for a headline. “Video to Go to Go Away forever,” and told the story of Kitze McCormick, who started the store in 1984, and it’s been her life ever since. She’s closing down and selling all of her […]
Should U.S. Newspapers Care About Canada?
Edward Wasserman writes in the Miami Herald about how US newspapers are abandoning Canada. It’s a sad comment on the weakness of journalism here, he says. “Amid all the wailing over the decline of U.S. journalism, word that The Washington Post is shutting its Toronto bureau was barely audible. The […]
France Lives Up to a Mighty Reputation
I am in the Air France business lounge negotiating this tough little Euro keyboard, my final post of the trip. I feel lucky to have you, my readers following along as I have experienced this lovely country; it makes any new discovery of mine all the more fun because I […]