Friday, November 20, 2009
NORTHAMPTON - How much would you pay for a poem? Go ahead, reach into your pocket - we'll wait. A dime, a dollar and a subway token? We'll take it.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
NORTHAMPTON - Ask Roger Gilly what goes into the making of a great croissant and the words will flow, French words, in a lilting rainbow of passion. Unless you're a French major, the words will mean little. You have to watch the eyes, and, oh yes, the fingers. Watch the eyes and hands and you'll be bilingual by the time you finish your croissant.
Saturday, November 14, 2009
EASTHAMPTON - Looking back on it, there were signs. When she'd scrutinize ingredients on food labels and remove one item after another from her diet. When, even after cross-country practice ended, she stayed out there on the Williston Northampton School's fields and keep running and running, her auburn curls bouncing off her shoulders, her gaze unwavering, her weight beginning to melt away.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
On my morning dog walks in my Ward 3 neighborhood, I noticed that the political signs came down way earlier than usual after this year's election - as in, the very next day. It seemed as though everyone was eager to move on.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
NORTHAMPTON - It's hard to beat George Washington. He set the bar for all the presidents who had to follow him, and no more than a handful have come close. You don't get your jutting chin on Rushmore for signing the Missouri Compromise or erasing 18 minutes of tape.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
NORTHAMPTON - So he was cool after all. Calvin Coolidge, our 30th president, whose stern gaze is forever fixed on the comings and goings of the King Street theater that bears his name - more specifically on the saloon of the theater that bears his name - was actually cool.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
NORTHAMPTON - If you live in Ward 1 in Northampton, your entire electoral menu is spread out before you on Summer Street, the last one-way stretch of it from State to King. No need to waste any time perusing the ballot Tuesday - just take a stroll down Summer Street; the whole blooming thing is right here, in Technicolor.
