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Writing Retreat Update…Odd Sounds
The Belding Memorial Library in Ashfield uses the Star Trek Original Series red alert audio clip for their book scanner to alert them to incorrect scans. Best little library EVER! And here's something you don't hear every day - "Hey guys, be careful walking around...
A Retreat to Writing
Well, I'm deep into the second full day of my writing retreat at Wellspring House in Ashfield, MA, the town where everyone knows your name (if you live here) and cell phones don’t work. Every 1000 words or so, I change venues. Thus far, I've have enjoyed writing in my...
RIP Tony Horwitz
Ah damn, I didn't know Tony Horwitz died yesterday. I loved his writings and none more than Confederates in the Attic, an absolutely brilliant book. If you haven't read it, I encourage you to. From Slate.com: Tony Horwitz’s Greatest Book, Confederates in the Attic,...
A Blizzard, 40+ years Later
In retrospect, I can’t recall when it started to snow. I suppose I could look it up but it doesn’t matter all that much. It may have been snowing as I trudged to my bus stop on the corner of Irving and Blackstone Boulevard for school that morning or it might have...