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Yesterday we joined 300 other locals at the Millers Falls Rod and Gun club’s annual clambake. I had procured the expensive tickets in advance; available only at the club and in other places I rarely go, like downtown Millers Falls. It was an overcast day but the pick up trucks […]
Jessica Hayden has written wonderful stories for GoNOMAD about central Asia. Below is a snip from a recently published article in the AFSA magazine about Turkenistan. “My thoughts drift back to a friend’s return flight to Ashgabat. As the plane prepared to land, it tipped to the left and then, […]
Our first ever art opening was a success at the cafe last night. Rick and Suzanna came and so did Cindy, Jack and some of the photographers who had gone on the trip to Sicily. A few of our regulars also came by, the photographs on the computer screens looked […]
This morning’s Boston Herald’s Inside Track had the sad story about an unpaid writing gig. “The treatment I received from the Boston Globe and its Web site boston.com was outrageous,” Godes said. “(They) expected me to write a daily relationships blog/online advice column for one full year without any expectation […]
Last June I was in Budapest, in the same spot near the regal Parliament building as our president was yesterday. Bush made a speech to celebrate Hungary’s resistance in 1956 to Soviet Russia…an effort that failed, partly because the US did nothing to help. In the Washington Post, Charles Gati […]
Tom Dahlberg, an AP sports columnist, got it right when he ripped Mark Cuban. Mostly because this billionaire owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks has become the focus of television coverage over his bad behavior and millions in league fines. And ABC TV can’t stop showing the whiny foot stomping […]
The SF Gate published a profile of Will Shortz–puzzle-master from the NY Times. “Shortz, an avuncular, mustachioed man of 53, has become famous for his clues. Under the sharp point of his witty pencil, the clue for DERRIERES goes from the predictable “tushes” to the devilish “many moons?” For GRANDMA, […]
Robert D. Kaplan wrote in the Washington Post in April about what we really should be afraid of. “Despite the dangers they represent, such crushing, Dear Leader tyrannies are not our major concern. The future problems of the United States lie more with regimes that thrive on information exchanges with […]
I learned a little bit about gas today at lunch. On the History channel was “Gasoline,” the story of the world’s favorite fuel. Among the grainy shots of old oil derricks was newer footage of the process of refining crude oil into gas. They showed jolly looking antique trucks that […]
San Jose Mercury News executive editor Susan Goldberg made a graduation speech at Medill School at Northwestern University, that says a lot about the newspaper business…now and in the future. “News is now – or anytime I want it. And not because I’m an editor – a news gatekeeper, with […]
On Friday we had a call from a man who said he made television programs for National Geographic TV, Pax Network and other cable outlets. He was Robert, then ‘Bob.’ He said that his food-themed TV show would be interested in coming to interview us, and do a television show […]
Today’s NY Times style section included a story by Alex Williams about the joys of cancelled appointments. “Who among the harried professional class does not breathe a secret sigh of relief when drinks with an old friend, lunch with a potential client or a Saturday dinner party with college classmates […]