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The voice of Amherst has been silenced.  Ironically, the car accident on Amherst Road that killed veteran blogger, Larry Kelley, 62, was the kind of thing he would have covered on his wildly popular blog, Only in the Republic of Amherst. Larry died Friday afternoon, and many, many people have […]

What an exciting day for our family!   My daughter Kate got married to Jon Sliva, and just about all of us got a chance to toast her on her wedding day, right in her own house. Kate and Jon began combining their households months ago, but on Saturday, Feb […]

We are installing a new TV but it’s not ready yet. So I sought out some interesting entertainment by attending a Deerfield Planning Board meeting at Town Hall tonight. On the agenda was a hotly contested 72-unit condo development on Sugarloaf St, a medical marijuana dispensary hoping to convert a […]

I met with about 30 people today, all from different parts of the world, sharing their reasons why we should write travel articles about them.  Every destination has its bullet points, and I was there to glean how they could be transformed into stories.  Here are some of them. I […]

This will be an exciting week of networking. I’m heading down to the homestead in Blawenburg New Jersey on Tuesday evening, and then Weds I’ll see Mom and Dad and then head to my favorite parking garage in Jersey City NJ, and PATH-train it over to Manhattan that night. Thursday […]

I am in a great mood tonight as Friday moves ahead. No, not because of what happened in Washington. It’s more that I am excited about the days ahead, and that my friends, is the key to happiness! I’m spending the weekend with the grandkids, can’t wait.  I don’t ever […]

Every time I get a chance to do a speaking presentation, I get terribly nervous.  And every time, for the past 15 years, it’s always worked out well. Still, I think the anxiety makes me work harder and ultimately pushes me to get it better every time. Next week, I’ll […]

One thing that’s all the rage these days is to send out a simple question to a whole bunch of attention-hungry bloggers, like me.  I got a quick email asking me a simple question, what was my best and coldest winter season travel experience. So I sent in some pithy […]