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I have a terrible relationship with the magazines that flood my post office box nearly every day. I just can’t ever manage to read all of them, and even the best magazines–the likes of the New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, and Harpers, sit unopened in big piles around my house. I […]
New Years Eve 2013, as I sit by a fire I’m once again pleased to only be watching the activities in Times Square on TV, and not in person. I have always had a bit of a challenge with New Year’s Eves….what do you do? What are your plans? People […]
Blogging is hard. It’s hard to have a take every day and not suck, as sportscaster Jim Rome implores his listeners to do. I used to dive into blogging with the zeal of a religious convert, I’d read something fascinating and then I’d jump right on and peck out my […]
I took my first journey of 2013 down to prosperous Colombia, where we began our trip on top of Montserrate the mountain in the capital, Bogota. This city is full of antiquities, which we saw in the incredible museum of Gold, as well as the city’s emerald center. We walked […]
Here are some of the most inspiring looks from 2013’s Masterpiece Ball. Got your tickets? A most excellent Christmas gift! http://www.wgby.org/downtonabbey
Last winter I learned a valuable lesson. That is that every household in South Deerfield must own and maintain their own personal snowblower….because you just can’t borrow your neighbors. It’s like a lot of things, the saying goes…if you need to borrow it more than two times you probably need […]
It’s the time of the year for our annual Where We Went Column, when each of our regular contributors to share a narrative about where they went during the year. Some years the stories are pretty long because each place still resonates with the writers and they want to put […]
Christmas is so much different than when I was young. Does it take being 55 to realize this? I think back now, I have more than 50 Christmases in my memory that I can lucidly recall…I think about each year and when we put on Christmas music they flood back […]
I am looking beyond the holidays today, off to a magical event that was the highlight of last winter. That would be the upcoming Masterpiece Ball in Celebration of Downton Abbey, to be held on Friday January 3 at the Log Cabin. What a wonderful night it was last year! […]
Television has never been better. I say that thinking about a fair number of my friends and acquaintances who eshew the box, and don’t miss a chance to tell you that they don’t own a TV. But they’re missing so much! There are a few moments in America when everyone […]
Mary told me the other day that Thanksgiving was her favorite holiday of all. She likes the big family gatherings, and spending time cooking with her sister Annie. What I like about this holiday is that it lasts longer than many holidays what with that Friday in between that everyone […]
