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Thought I Could Forego the Lighter Fluid on the Grill…But No

There are a lot of things swirling around in my head on this sultry May evening. First, I had to abandon my notion of  a totally green barbecue when my plan to use newspaper and small twigs inside a can didn’t light the briquettes right. So I trudged over to […]

Ancient 1990s Technology Finally Gives Way on GoNOMAD Travel

I have made my living by publishing the GoNOMAD Travel website since 2005.  It’s not something I fit into my life as a sideline or a hobby, it’s the main thing I do to bring bread to the table.  When I bought the site in 2002, the travel articles were […]

Layaali and Life In the 413: Two Great Nights in the Big City

Two nights in the Big City: I enjoyed the same Old Speckled Hen lager at McLadden’s Irish Pub two  nights in a row after two different nights out in Northampton. Both were memorable and say a lot about the quality of our local nightlife and the arts scene here in […]

Life in the 413: You’ve Gotta Live Here to Get It

Life in the 413: You’ve Gotta Live Here to Get It

I have lived in the Valley since 1978. Most of my best friends are also 30 or 35 year veterans of this old 413, so most of them will get a big kick out of the show that’s being performed on Saturday night at Theater 14 at Smith College.  Life […]

France is Coming Up…Another Great Reason to Keep Travel Blogging

Regular blogging has its rewards.  I am happy to report the fruits of my blogging that came through a couple of weeks ago. And this also speaks to the power of social media as a connecting glue that keeps people on other people’s minds. I say this because I am […]

The AP Will Cover a Local Speller –for a Fee

The AP Will Cover a Local Speller –for a Fee

The Associated Press is teaming up with an outfit called eByline to offer paid editorial.  Their email said that they could offer me 200 words about a local speller who is participating in the Scripps National Spelling Bee for $100. It’s going to be featured on the AP Wire, so […]

In Lewiston, It’s a Small, Small World

In Lewiston, It’s a Small, Small World

Maybe it’s because we carry notebooks and write things down. We are not sure what it is that makes the people in Lewiston so open and friendly, but it’s striking. Last night we realized that every person we’ve met during our time here over the past few days knows everyone […]

Lewiston, Maine: Full of Optimists and Big Dreamers

Lewiston, Maine: Full of Optimists and Big Dreamers

Jack and I arrived in Auburn yesterday and checked into the Hilton Garden Inn. Then we set out to explore this city, which combined with Auburn across the river has about 84,000 residents. The first thing we noticed were some of the biggest old mill buildings we’d ever seen. These […]

Porting is Such Sweet Sorrow

I don’t know about you, but my cable bill both annoys and worries me.  It seems like the better the TVs get, and even though they keep going down in price AND getting bigger, there are little strings attached and they make the bill creep up month after month. Having […]

Reddit Keeps Me Reading Late Into the Night

Sometimes the most compelling and visited sites on the Internet are lacking in any kind of design sense, and simply provide the basic information that people are looking for.  Two examples: Craig’s List and Reddit.com.  Once I read a story about how all of these designers were pulling their hair […]

You Want a Book? A Really BIG Book? How About Genesis?

You Want a Book? A Really BIG Book? How About Genesis?

Ebooks, schmee books. That’s what Benedict Taschen, a Cologne Germany publisher must be thinking. Thinking Big. The latest publishing endeavor for Taschen’s company involves a gigantic tw0-volume behemoth series that will chronicle a Big Adventure into the wilds of the world. Sebastiao Salgado is a Brazilian photojournalist who for the […]

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