Monthly Archives: January 2014

I’ve been traipsing around through other matters long enough. It’s time to get back to gardening, and I’ll start with vegetables. But keep the faith — flowers, fruits, berries, and all manner of other sensual delights lie just around the corner. Stay put. This … Continue reading →

 I will speak at a hearing tomorrow to decide if Lowe’s can plunk a Big Box down in my Cape Cod town of Dennisport, and I will tell how they call me by name at the hardware store, and at … Continue reading →

So, before moving to 39 Paige Street, we decorated a house with our magical presence on North Pleasant St. in Amherst, the main road through town – connecting the UMass Campus with the rest of America. The house had a … Continue reading →

 Years ago, friends and I rented a house at 39 Paige St in Amherst, MA when I was finishing college, just out of the Marine Corps. In my room, with the Hobbit paperback in hand, and borrowing from the book … Continue reading →