I was interviewed by the Society of American Travel Writers for their newsletter, and they published it yesterday. It is about how to get published for the first time and includes tips for writers to get editors interested in using their stories. READ INTERVIEW I tried to join this group […]
When two men drove through Northampton last week and fired a bb gun out of their car windows, me and many of my friends were enraged that this could have happened, and hoped that someone would throw the book at them. And just as I had hoped, the long prong […]
In the Recorder today was a sad column, yet it also showed wisdom and honesty, and a sense of reality, not despair. Joshua Freund is a local man with three jobs, and his main point in the column was to show how resilient his generation is. He calls them […]
My rage was shared by many other friends, who read about Sunday’s incident in Northampton when someone fired a BB gun out of a car window and shot holes in windows on 13 buildings from Main to Pleasant Streets. I find this act totally out of character for the city […]
Valentines day always leaves me stumped. It seems like you have a choice–go the typical flowers and candy route, just like everyone else, or spend a little more time and think of something that will really zing her. Unfortunately, all good plans go awry and most people end up at […]
The Ramen Girl: The 2014 film starring Brittany Murphy tells the story of an American woman who moves to Japan and tries to learn how to make ramen noodles.
Today’s the big day for about 35 entrepreneurs who have ponied up $30,000 to apply for one of the state’s 35 new medical marijuana licenses. I have a friend who owns a big building who is pretty keen on renting to one of these people, if they get the nod […]
Even the name makes me smile. A food forest. That’s what’s being created in the exciting city of Seattle where plans are afoot to turn a 7-acre public plot of land into a forest where people can pick all they want and forage to their heart and stomach’s content. It’s […]
We watched the State of the Union, and I thought about what it said and what I thought about our president. He sure knows how to choke up the crowd, the story of Corey the soldier is a tear jerker. Big applause, a proud moment for him, sitting next […]
Last night we bought our tickets on line to a sold-out show at the Kirby Theater at Amherst College for the second edition of Amherst LIVE, a magazine show about what it means to live in Amherst. The crowd was impressive–every seat was filled–and before the show, audience members mingled […]
Tonight I fulfilled a promise to my grandson Nathan that I’d take him to a UMass hockey game. I gave it as a Christmas gift, and I think we both got the gift for having shared the experience. It’s been a while since I have been in the Mullins Center […]
Electric airplanes are in the news. Yes, it’s true. There are many levels of development, and it’s all pretty exciting. This summer Boeing and Airbus jets at major US airports will be using electrically powered wheels when they move about the airport. Little guided motors will replace some of the […]