I remember last year when I got invited to India and needed to get a visa. It was a long and trying process, it involved sending in an application and then I was told by the Indian officials that they needed me to come to New York to explain to […]
One of the biggest challenges of moving is what to do with all of your books. It’s just not always possible to box up and bring every single old textbook or novel you’ve got on your shelves, and for this reason, I’d heartily endorse taking a visit to see Susan […]
I’m sort of adjusting to this working out of the home thing. Perhaps that’s because I don’t have any viable alternative—there is no office to go to, and so, work begins and ends right here. I originally advertised and hoped to get a cadre of people who also want to […]
I’m looking forward to seeing a show at Bowker Auditorium at UMass tomorrow night. It’s the kind of music I’ve loved when I’ve been traveling. Arabic music has a pulse and a groove that’s unmatched by any other genre. They get lost in the trance-like groove and some of their […]
We waited with baited breath on a busy Monday morning when we both had to get out the door–but it was April 1 and it was time for the annual announcement of the line-up for this year’s Green River Festival on July 20-21. As they began announcing the names, I […]
This time of year there are things we have to do and things we want to do. Like dentist’s appointments, taxes fall under the have to do, but I was pleased that my annual trip to see my CPA, Jim Lowe, was a mostly pleasant one. Outside of Jim’s office […]
In Argentina, it’s a tough time to be a newspaper publisher. That’s because the country’s president, Cristina Kirchner, has gone after the lifeblood of a free press by sending a message to convince grocery store owners not to advertise in papers that disagree with government policy. Mary Anastatia O’Grady writes […]
It was a Sunday driver’s Sunday morning, crisp and clear, while the temperature was stubbornly sticking to the 30s. We were determined to make a beautiful day of it. It was time to head north, shun-piking our way up to Brattleboro. The shun-pikers in colonial times avoided the local taxes […]
I have a lot of great things to say about Amtrak, based on my last two journeys, which took me up the west coast from Bellingham, Washington to Vancouver ,and then back down to Seattle. Everything was lovely, and it was a most comfortable trip. In the news today was […]
I’ve signed up for about a dozen magazine subscriptions after I was offered a chance to trade unused United miles for them. Among them is New York Magazine which included a fascinating piece about the many Chinatown bus lines which have come and gone serving New York and Washington. The […]
Jason Schrieber has been analyzing data, traffic patterns and pedestrian crossings in the village of South Deerfield for the past few months. Tonight he made a presentation to a group of townspeople showing off an impressive plan that his firm, Nelson Nygaard, has put together that would make our town […]
This Friday in Turners Falls, there will be workshops, presentations and a big gathering designed to show people how arts can help a community do well, even with a broken bridge and lots of other problems. It’s the fourth annual Creative Economy Summit, and I will be joining 30 other […]