Hurricane Gustav is bringing strong winds and bad memories to the Gulf Coast, and the entire country seems to be keeping a close, earnest watch on the situation. In the French quarter of New Orleans, buildings are boarded up and residents are leaving in droves. Gustav has been downgraded to […]
The big news in alternative energy in Mass. this morning is the latest development in the controversial Russell Biomass project, a proposed 50-megawatt wood-burning power plant. The Boston Globe reports that the Dept. of Public Utilities ruled the facility would cause “significant, disrupting, and lasting” impacts on the town. Most […]
WriterJax here. I’m one of Max’s intrepid GoNomad.com travel writers, here to man the ship while Max is away in South America. Color me jealous. While it’s true that Max needed to whittle his luggage down to a lean 22 pounds for this trip, thus negating any thoughts of bringing […]
Here is where we will be staying in Nuqui, the remote beach town that’s surrounded by jungles on Colombia’s Pacific coast. We will go whale watching and jungle hiking for the next seven days. It’s called El Cantil Eco hotel, and it’s powered by hydrology and a micro-turbine. They have […]
I don’t usually read the Recorder’s editorial page, but there it was, an irresistable headline: “Sold on the tag sales.” The great grey beast has decided to come out in favor of our idea of holding the Town Wide Tag Sale, and in the lead editorial encouraged the Deerfield Selectboard […]
Ted Kennedy, half of his silver hair missing from intense chemotherapy, made it to the podium tonight in Denver. He delivered a rousing speech that reaffirmed my belief that he is indeed an admirable man who has spent nine terms as a Senator working for worthy and just causes. I […]
It’s early, early, early…but since I couldn’t get back to sleep I had time to read the Boston Herald. Now that Obama has chosen Joe Biden as his running mate, most of the nation’s political eyes are trained on McCain…who will he pick? Last week the pundits were talking up […]
One of my favorite parts of a Sunday NY Times is that thin little Book Review, that I never read first but usually get around to poking through at the very end of the day. There are so many books out there and so many more being put out every […]
We brought the cafe show on the road and manned a booth at the Deerfield Farm Festival tonight, with mixed results. It was fun to create the booth and get the signage all set up and see our cafe employees making gobs of cupcakes, muffins, scones and brownies. We all […]
Tonight I paced, waiting until 7:29 to leave the house to attend the Deerfield Selectboard meeting at town hall. I was on the agenda but first the distinguished state senator Stan and state rep Steve who were there to present an award to a 24-year volunteer, Richard Stellman. I chatted […]
Rachel Maddow has hit the big time. I remember a few years ago when I used to appear on her morning show on WRSI FM. I’d pop down to the Northampton studio about 7 am, and we’d talk about travel tips. Eventually she had to refrain from bringing me on […]
Jerry Wexler was a renowned music producer who died last week at 91. He was remembered by Jim Fusilli in today’s WSJ, a portrait of a man who considered was ‘abrasive, derisive and cynical,” by many people, but beloved by artists like Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles. He will be […]