I have been feeling the effects of cancer treatment and now understand precisely what it must have felt like for my old friend Kent when he got sick. Kent used to be a prolific poster. He would never go a day without a blog post, but as he endured a […]
Life moves on and people pass away. I remember when we had our old cat, Mama Cat, thinking about how I would feel when she finally died. She was born in 2000 and died just a few months ago, 17 long years of a good life. I thought about what […]
Like the year 2018 that lies ahead, this blog is a wide-open empty vessel. What I pour into it is all up to me. One of the things I’ve done many times over the years is to publish my goals for the year ahead. I did this many times, in […]
He Defined Cool Before Cool Even Was Cool I’ve just finished a quick read–a biography of movie idol and all-around adventurer Steve McQueen by Dwight John Zimmerman. This series of biographies published by Motor Books incorporates an interesting design twist. Every page has a huge photo and the text is […]
In my advanced years, well at least years in which I have had time to reflect, I often like to think about things that truly make me happy. These aren’t wishes for world peace, and good health, but more pedantic little activities that brighten my day and bring me a […]
Everyone has been talking about the newest restaurant in Hadley. It’s called Pulse Cafe, and it’s located where the bison farm used to be, in the big field across from Hadley Garden Center where all the Steve Lewis Subarus are parked. Yep, that one, the one that’s been under construction […]
Almost every week I meet a friend or two and have a long lunch. I discover so many of the best new restaurants this way, and my friends always agree to wherever I want to dine. I feel like that is owed to me after a shift working alone in […]
Today, I talked on the phone with my regular correspondents. Every day at 12:30 pm it’s my job to call my parents, Bumpy and Vally. I have to check to make sure that she’s taken her Parkinson’s medicine and so a regular caller am I. It’s one of the most […]
This is one of those topics I’m not wild about sharing, but it’s kind of a big deal so share I must. I last spoke to my blog readers about this in November last year when I had a check-up that went well and all was ok. Now the area […]
I was pleasantly surprised yesterday evening when a traditionally goofy penny-ante poker game staged each year at Thanksgiving became a full-on, challenging, normal-stakes poker game. What a treat! It’s hard, for some reason, to get people to play poker. There is only a certain type of man or woman who […]
It’s Wednesday, November 22, and it might as well be the holiday. Last night was the big crush of traffic on the highways, the airports were mobbed and according to NBC, more people will hit the road this week than ever before. Thanksgiving remains the only true four-day holiday we […]
I met with a group of landlords and other folks who live or own property in my village, South Deerfield this morning to discuss what we can do to help bring more businesses into town and make the downtown more inviting. Present were Rick and Julie Neylon, Town Administrator Wendy […]