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A bright, shining smile was what you got when you locked eyes with Andrea Raphael. She was always so happy to see you, in fact she was thrilled. Her passing leaves a giant hole in our community and mostly in the lives of her small children Christopher and Maeve and […]
In our age, there is a never ending quest to be the toughest and the mightiest, and it’s a battle to come up with events that are each harder than the next. It’s no longer enough to run dozens of miles and swim dozens of meters. Meet the Tough Mudder. […]
On Saturday night the Arts Block was jumping with the sweet rhythms of Nigeria when the big 12-piece band called Fenibo played their Nigerian Afro beat music for an enthusiastic crowd of dancers. Fenibo himself is the band’s only Nigerian, he’s shown at the left of the photo. Some of […]
It’s been a solid week since I went under the knife and emerged with five screws, a metal plate and the inability to put any weight on my left foot. I’ve learned what I can and cannot do and the latter dominates the list. It’s the little things that really […]
I read two pieces in Toronto’s Globe and Mail daily newspaper today that expressed basically the same idea but from a woman’s then from a man’s perspective. It was a topic that with the coming of spring, pops up every year just like the reliable daffodils. It was about looking […]
Robert D. Kaplan is a writer whose work I have admired, books like “The Coming Anarchy,” and “Balkan Ghosts” stood out with their powerful messages. He used to go to places that many people would never set foot in, and the books mixed his travelogue to danger zones and interviews […]
Fenibo plays Afropop music, that’s so infectious it’s hard to stay still. I am going to see them with Mary on Saturday night at the Arts Block, I hope I can stay off the dance floor. Not a good idea with my broken foot! LISTEN HERE
I ventured forth today, after reaching my limit of cable TV, lying with my foot up, and going no where. We decided to have pancakes at the Williams sugar house in Deerfield. As I left my bedroom I had to exit by the front door, since there is a handrail […]
So now that I’ve had five screws inserted into my fifth metatarsal, I’m settling in here for a long period of ….well, not walking. I got a nice comment from a guy named Bob Hale on my blog who reaffirmed that with a foot injury, there is really only one […]
Yesterday I had a visit with the orthopedist who is looking after my broken foot. I had hoped that the X-ray would show a good pattern of bone growth, that seven days would give that metatarsal a chance to close up and heal. But when we looked at the new […]
People have a funny relationship with their cellphones. Even when they go out and buy the fanciest highest tech smart phone, sometimes asking them about it elicits the same level of angst as inquiring about a sore tooth. My friend Joe is a good example: He just bought a Samsung […]
On Saturday I returned to Greenfield for more of the Creative Economy Summit and found a whole lot to think about after listening to Dave Caputo’s presentation called “Are you in the Top Ten?” I have been in the business of helping people improve their search results for many years, […]