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Oystermen We Have Known and Memories of Oyster Moments

Perry Raso shows us a young oyster in Potter

It’s officially oyster season and with this in mind, I read a story by Sarah Karnasiewicz in the WSJ with particular relish. What is more seafood-y than a nearly liquid oyster, that you suck down and then smack your lips after consuming?  I have had many memorable oyster moments while […]

Step Up to the Cider Saloon, and Taste them All!

Step Up to the Cider Saloon, and Taste them All!

I never knew how much people in the Valley loved cider until I showed up at the Arts Block to see a long line of imbibers waiting at the cider saloon.  It was one of the busiest nights of the venue’s life, packed upstairs and down, with all sorts of […]

Two New Ways to Find Your Stuff

Modern day inventors have finally tackled a problem that’s common to nearly every human.  Yesterday we published a review of two new products that help people recover precious things that they mistakenly lose. I am somewhat surprised that this has taken so many years, but now there are many different […]

Karrin Allyson Packs Pages Loft for a Night of Jazz

Karrin Allyson Packs Pages Loft for a Night of Jazz

It was a rainy, windy Tuesday night.  We were headed to the Clarion Hotel’s Loft, where the Jazz Workshop was playing.  Singer Karrin Allyson was driving up from New York City to front the band, singing jazz standards and scatting while a solid trio backed her up. I was surprised […]

Hobby Lobby Strikes Out Again in Northfield

Just as Hobby Lobby is about to open their first store in Western Mass, the company’s billionaire owners can’t find anyone to accept their generous gift of an entire 600-acre campus in Northfield. News came today that Grand Canyon University of Phoenix is dissolving the deal to open a Christian […]

A Pair of Bald Eagles Circled Overhead

A Pair of Bald Eagles Circled Overhead

The Patriots are playing in London, and they’ve painted the grass over there an iridescent green. I looked over and my neighbor was shoveling mulch, trying to make a dent in a six-yard pile he got delivered last week. I’d rather shovel this before it’s got 4 inches of rain on […]

Before We Vote, The Students Get to Vote

In 1988 Northfield Mount Hermon, my alma mater, started the VOTES project, a nationwide mock election that takes place at more than 130 high schools – at least one public and one private in all 50 states plus Washington D.C.. More than 60,000 students participated in the last election, and […]

One Less Reason to Look at My Phone

One Less Reason to Look at My Phone

I am so happy to have one less reason to look down at my phone.  The photo explains it, yes I have rejoined the people who wear watches once again.  I was very sad when my reliable, waterproof Swatch finally ran out of battery, and dismayed when a jeweler told […]

Missing the Meeting But Ready for Bulgaria

The roller coaster that is life goes up, up, up, then plunges down. I had been lamenting a downturn in the trips that I’ve been accustomed to taking nearly every month….partly because I needed to hunker down and take care of business.  Perhaps part of the problem is Facebook. Reading […]

Deerfield Practices for a Disaster With Free Flu Shots

Deerfield Practices for a Disaster With Free Flu Shots

I marked my calendar months ago, and even had a robo call from Bernie Kubiak reminding me of Sunday’s event.  The free flu shot that I got while sitting in the comfort of my car was actually part of a bigger picture drill. A way of preparing in case there […]

Those Binders…

Those Binders…

I can’t remember the last time a debate was so widely shared and talked about….it all points out how amazingly we are connected through Facebook and to some degree, Twitter. Even with so many cable channels and so many YouTube distractions, people tuned into these debates. There was the usual […]

Is Tomorrow’s Farm Going to be a Building?

In the future, some of our food may be grown in high-rise buildings. It’s already happening in a former meatpacking warehouse in Chicago and in many other locations on the east and west coasts.  A story in the Journal Report, a section written for investors in the WSJ, detailed a […]

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