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Sometimes in the cafe customers begin bellowing a story clear across the room. I”ll answer and we’ll begin a rollicking dialogue, from our posts 25′ apart. A few days ago, Whately Farmer Dave Jackson strolled in. He said that the producers of the Mel Gibson movie, Edge of Darkness, had […]
Tonight I paced, waiting until 7:29 to leave the house to attend the Deerfield Selectboard meeting at town hall. I was on the agenda but first the distinguished state senator Stan and state rep Steve who were there to present an award to a 24-year volunteer, Richard Stellman. I chatted […]
Rachel Maddow has hit the big time. I remember a few years ago when I used to appear on her morning show on WRSI FM. I’d pop down to the Northampton studio about 7 am, and we’d talk about travel tips. Eventually she had to refrain from bringing me on […]
I read a story in the WSJ about how energy companies are working hard to convince high schoolers to forgo college for a trade education. I’m passing this along to my son, it’s good advice. “In many parts of the economy, there are too many workers, rather than too few. […]
Jerry Wexler was a renowned music producer who died last week at 91. He was remembered by Jim Fusilli in today’s WSJ, a portrait of a man who considered was ‘abrasive, derisive and cynical,” by many people, but beloved by artists like Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles. He will be […]
In today’s mail I got an postal money order and this note. It was from Richard, who worked in the cafe before he moved out to San Francisco earlier this summer. “Dear MaxWhile I was working at GoNOMAD, more than one occasion I helped myself to food (sandwiches, muffins, etc) […]
It’s a gorgeous day at the cafe. But I’m not supposed to be here. I got a call, one of those somewhat rare calls from the cafe, when one of my workers called in sick. So here I am taking my first break of the day after slinging hash and […]
What a concept! Have a special weekend when the state won’t take their five percent cut of any purchase in a store…advertise it heavily and then the merchants pick up and advertise it. And pretty soon every store in the state is full of eager shoppers, wanting to spend money, […]
I’ve just spent the last hour reading magazines. For free, on-line, flipping through the pages of Popular Photography and the National Enquirer as easily as I might read them in the check-out line of the supermarket. I found them all at a site that is making magazine publishers reach for […]
The relentless progress of alternative energy is leaving the government in its wake. More and more utilities are seeing the value of large-scale solar arrays to generate not just hot water but electricity. Today in the WSJ I read about Pacific Gas and Electric, which just signed on to the […]
Flowers can change a building’s tone, as illustrated here at the GoNOMAD cafe, in the center of South Deerfield.
Last night was a Wednesday, so as custom lately has dictated, it was time to go out for dinner. Cindy has enjoyed not having a messy kitchen and I’ve enjoyed finding new and different places to have our weekday night out. Often it’s the old standby, The Apollo Grill in […]