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A Little Bit About Montreal from an Unabashed Local

A Little Bit About Montreal from an Unabashed Local

“Let me begin by dispelling a few myths about Montreal,” Ruby Roy, our confident and Montreal-born guide told us, as we stood in front of our bus about to depart for the city’s Old Quarter.  First, it’s not just French, it’s more than 100 nationalities, and people here speak a […]

Shun-Piking in Vermont, I Came to the End of the Line

Shun-Piking in Vermont, I Came to the End of the Line

I will never forget the time my mother rhapsodized to me in the 1970s about a drive she and my dad took through the New Jersey Meadowlands, en route to New York City. What stood out and what amazed her then was how lovely that dreadful scenery looked to her […]

Italy Plane Reader: Our New Ebook to Read on the Way to Italy

Italy Plane Reader: Our New Ebook to Read on the Way to Italy

I am proud to say that I like to lead. By that I mean, I am willing to be bold and venture into the new areas of publishing, travel, business and commerce that others may hestitate to move into.  One venture that I’m pleased to report on this morning is […]

Big Bill’s a Shoe-in for Councilor, Look at the Crowd That Showed Up!

Who’s gonna beat Bill Dwight in the race for city councilor at large? Nobody! It was evident tonight as I joined a throng who gathered at the Florence Community Center to kick off his campaign to get back the office he once held, along with his regular gig working in […]

A Few Thoughts on a ‘Good War’ in Honor of Memorial Day

If I read as many books as I do book reviews, I’d never get anything done. In honor of Memorial Day yesterday I read an essay in the NY Times book review of a selection of books about the Big One, WWII, by Adam Kirsch. He opens with the sad […]

Bob Paquette: It Was His Voice, Not Him, That Everybody Knew

The blurb on my Facebook page took me aback. RIP Bob Paquette. What? Bob, as everyone in the Valley knows, was the voice of the morning. His familiar calm tone and steady delivery has graced our kitchen for decades. I cannot imagine turning on that familiar 88.5 fm signal and […]

It’s the Eve of the Day That I Get My Life Back

I have been writing this blog, Readuponit, since November 2004. A friend quoted me from a February 2006 post the other day when I was on my way to Cyprus. It’s a slightly exotic place that few people visit, and when I read the quoted text, I thought about how […]

Farewell to a South Deerfield Institution

I’ve reached a milestone, and forgive me for blogging about this once already. But I thought I had a deal to keep the GoNOMAD Cafe open, and alas, like many things in life, it was not to be. With the combination of recalcitrant landlords and shaky finances, the deal went […]

Are these Burgers Done? Next Time Be Careful!

“I think these burgers need to go back on the grill,” my daughter said, as we sat on the deck at the season’s inaugural barbecue.  I heard what she said but it was too late, I’d already taken a big bite. She was right. so she took the burgers, put […]

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