Double Take Creates Eight Venues for Eight Plays in One Night
In the third annual Double Take Fringe Festival in Greenfield, once again eclectic and surprising are the orders of the night. This festival creates venues out of an empty bank building, an unused second floor atop Hope and Olive, and in taverns like The Wheelhouse and The Red Door on […]
A Perfect Sunday for New England’s Pats and Sox
Sunday was a great example of why sports makes life better and how fun it can be to cheer on a team. Two teams, actually. It was also the timing–a football game that starts at 1 pm on a Sunday is a deal breaker. There’s way too much to do […]
The Odds and Ends of a Typical Tuesday
Today was a bit of a whirlwind day, but I guess I got some stuff done. I began with our intern Ali coming in and I set her to work right off continuing her latest project–organizing the 400 or more submissions that have been coming into our submissions email box […]
Friday Night Tennis in Sugar Hill Georgia with An Old Pal
My friend Harry has made a wonderful life for himself in Sugar Hill Georgia. He’s at the top of his profession in sales, and he’s surrounded by a loving family in a comfortable home. Harry and I went to prep school together in the ’70s, and it’s been four […]
Everyone Wants to Give a Discount to AARP Members, It Seems
I spent yesterday walking through the convention floor meeting many people who do business with AARP members. It’s an amazing array, from telephones that display text for what someone is saying to Egypt and Panama tourism. Plus a giant booth full of cheerful tourism folks from the great state of […]
Books for Africa Sorts, Packs and Helps Educate Africans
I boarded a bus early this morning after a reviving pep talk from CBS sports guy James JB Brown, quarterback Dan Marino and Pepper Schwartz. The three stood before 700 or so volunteers at the Life@50+ National Event in Atlanta to encourage them on as they undertook many different projects […]
Flying to Atlanta Today to the AARP’s Life@50+ National Event
Today I’m flying to Atlanta for a three-day conference devoted to those of us who have already reached 50 years of age. It’s the Fall 2o13 Life@50+ National Event of the AARP. You might recognize these people as voting bloc that politicians fear the most–and the people who mail you […]
A New Cafe Will Bring Life to Sleepy South Deerfield Next Week
I am so excited about our town’s newest addition….Mosaic Cafe! Ever since we had to close the GONOMAD Cafe in the center of town, I have been thinking about how much a little village needs a cafe. When Mary began taking a writing workshop at Ruth’s cafe (in the former […]
“Your Horse is Ready”
I was relaxing after a sumptuous lunch of chicken with walnut sauce at Hosteria Hacienda Pinsaqui. GM Alex Roman came up to the table. “Your Horse is ready,” he said. With that I walked out to the green lawn near the stables to meet my steed. Maradona is an eight-year […]
Hosteria Caballo Campana Welcomes Horse Lovers in Cuenca
Our final night in Ecuador brought us out to the country, it was a welcome relief from the crowded streets and noisy bustle of Cuenca. We took a taxi out to Hosteria Caballo Campana about 15 minutes from the center of Cuenca and were soon patting some friendly horses and […]
Ecuador’s Countryside Is Full of Creative Souls
Jose Jimenez makes dyes from walnuts, insects and other natural things to weave in spectacular shawls. Rosita Loja, miniature maker