Every day we say goodbye to another member of the Greatest Generation, those men and women who were born in the 1920s and now are passing away. I am sad to think that some of what they accomplished and the ways they built their fortunes could never happen again–things are […]
Once again I took the Megabus down to NYC, this time it cost me just $25.50 roundtrip. My reason for a Big Apple visit was a presentation by French Tourism about what’s new in France for 2012. France has a lot to crow about in the tourism world, even while […]
Where can you possibly find such joy as gliding across a frozen pond, with what feels like a mile of open ice ahead of you, and nothing but skate marks to guide your way? The ominous growl of the ice creaking, the dangerous looking holes that are now coated over […]
Yesterday was my partner Mary’s birthday, and I wanted to make sure that the present I got her was more about experiences we share together and less about accumulating more stuff. Stuff is the bane of so many of us, that we pile up into our stuffed closets, our rented […]
When my partner Mary is in a crowd, she zeroes in on the smallest citizens. She gravitates toward children since she knows them so well, after working in elementary schools as an occupational therapist for nearly 16 years. It always charms me to see this, like when we were in […]
I had a minor health problem and finally decided that it was time to see a specialist to try and solve it. Armed with the name of the specialist who practices in Springfield and Florence, I phoned their office. It didn’t take long to realize that one of the first […]
One of the things I love about Greenfield is how full it is of people who are willing to go out on a limb…to move a little further. The town and a small gang of five dedicated citizens and many supporters has teamed up for these diverse events. A video […]
This is one of those mornings when I can relate to those many people I have met who no longer live in the cold parts of the United States. They told me about it when I visited Maui, and when I went to Molokai, and every time I chill out […]
I picked up a New Yorker from June of this year and found a story about a restaurant in Brooklyn called Roberta’s. I’m not likely to go there but I still found myself fascinatined by this new place in Bushwick Brooklyn. In the Tables for Two column, the featured Roberta’s […]
I read a story in Wired by Rachel Swaby while I tred the treadmill. It explained how nearly every technology we have created to solve our energy problems, there are always sticky wickets looming. Green Power is struggling, here’s why. Solar Power. The price for conventional solar cells is down […]
Have you heard about Spotify? Why, it’s simply…amazing! I can dial in just about any musician I can possibly think of and whoooof! It’s playing every single song that artist has ever recorded. Right there on a super easy to use player. Wow. This changes the equation in music….Spotify is […]