Sharing Pools, Joy and Sick Kids
Today we had a big send-off brunch for the wedding party at Cindy’s Holyoke ranch. The bagels, coffee and hard boiled eggs from the cafe were all a hit, and we watched part of the wedding all over again on video. I slept, like I often do on Sundays, and […]
Cyprus Makes the Evening News Again
Today’s the big day, and it looks like the rain is going away. Snuck into the office for a bit, checking emails and thinking about the war in Lebanon, and how often Cyprus has been in the news. I traveled to Cyprus in February and wrote about it on GoNOMAD. […]
A Friday Full of Tasks and Opportunities
Funny Friday at the cafe. Lots of running around waiting for our relatives to come up to celebrate Kate and Francisco’s wedding on Saturday. Today I used my friend Jack’s truck to pick up tables and chairs at Taylor rental, then back in the cafe to meet with our intern […]
A Raisin in a Bowl of Milk
Scoop Jackson wrote a long piece about the fact that only four out of 305 sports columnists for US newspapers are black. He makes some angry yet understandable points. “One time about eight years ago, Michael Wilbon walked up to me during a media event at the NBA All-Star Game […]
Nantucket, Bittersweet
I met a man today at the cafe who said he lived in Whately, and worked here for a local contractor. A tall, lean man, he said that he painted murals on furniture and in rich people’s homes around here and in Nantucket. He said he thought the wealth and […]
A Tale of a Loser
William Grimes reviews a new book by a total and utter loser in yesterday’s NY Times. He’s such a loser that it has become his calling card, ‘he savors his humiliations like fine dinners.’ The man is Toby Young, whose first book was called “How to Lose Friends and Alienate […]
Way to Live! A Raconteur’s Long Life is Over
Today’s Washington Post included this story about the passing of classic foreign correspondent Ross Mark. “The quintessential foreign correspondent, dashing and with an engaging Aussie accent, he much preferred globe-hopping as a reporter to staying in one place and climbing the career ladder as a London editor. According to William […]
Get the Name of the Bra (or the Dog)
Roy Peter Clark advises writers with his Writing Tools column on Poynter.org.Like me, he insists that details are crucial in writing for the public. “Which brings me to one of my favorite newspaper stories in a long time. It appeared in the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times and told the tale […]