Getting Help: Using Interns, Salespeople and Virtual Assistants to Grow Your Business
I flew to Cancun this morning, and when I arrived I was in the thick of TBEX, the Travel Bloggers Exchange that brings more than 1000 travel writers and bloggers under one giant roof. I was glad to feel my knee pretty much return to normal after my fall the […]
The Knee Goes Out and a Man is Down
Man down! That’s what I thought last night as I approached my friend Joe’s deck, carrying a bag with my little drum and some beers inside. It was an awkward step up, too high, and just before I made it up I felt my knee buckle. Joe was walking over […]
Twelve Years Publishing a Website Has Brought Lessons
I have been publishing GoNOMAD since 2002, twelve years, and I continue to find new intriguing programs and new media to explore and to use to disseminate our travel stories around the web. The articles that are submitted have never been better, the quality of the writers who send in […]
Automatic Keeps Track of Everything Your Car Does
I’m testing a gadget that’s right in line with all of the talk about using the big stream of data that is generated during our lives to give us valuable information. This little white plastic gizmo, about 2 1/2″ long, plugs into your car’s computer slot, down below your left […]
A Great Day for a Flight Over the Valley
My friend Bruce, who I play music with, promised to take me up for a spin in his plane, so today, with perfect blue skies and light winds, we made it happen. I met him at his hangar where he keeps his 300 horsepower experimental two-seater sport plane at Northampton […]
Dr Gale Potee, A Rich and Full Life, Well-Lived
Obituaries hold a special interest to me. I read them every day in the Recorder, and I’m always fascinated by how people are remembered and what gets included. These days, any long obituary that’s not written about a famous person or someone in public life is paid for. So then […]
The Summer’s Best Trip
It’s the wind down season and every year I think about how fleeting the summer has been. I was with my granddaughter Sofie last week, enjoying dinner on their deck, and I asked her what her favorite part of the summer was. Was it the visit to the Maine beach? […]
Building the New Railroad Crossing on Elm Street
I was told that instead of laying down a bed of gravel when they’re building railroad tracks, they put the track down first. Then they dump this load of stones over top and lift up the track, so the gravel settles where it’s needed in a uniform grade.