Central Mass Farmers’ Markets
We’ve spent many Friday afternoons over the past decade or so at the Westminster Farmers’ Market, chatting with people we ...
Playgrounds in Central Mass and Beyond
Let me tell you what our playgrounds were like growing up in Central Mass in the 1970s. First, everything was ...
Central Mass Real Estate Market: June 2024
As counterintuitive as it seems, the trends we’ve been seeing here in Central Massachusetts are accelerating rather than moderating. Housing ...
Our New Dog Shadow is Relentless
Here’s something you may not know: The state of Massachusetts has the lowest rate of dog ownership in the entire ...
Even in 1962, it’s a Miracle that Jay’s Parents didn’t end up Divorced
My father was a minister in Litchfield, CT when I was very young. Our family moved to Puerto Rico after ...
Observations on Grocery Shopping: Market Basket and Vincent’s Country Store
What do Market Basket (an 88 store chain of supermarkets across New England, with 25,000 employees) and Vincent’s Country Store ...
Central Mass Real Estate Market: May 2024
This state of the market article is different, because it’s more specific to my recent experiences, and looks at how ...
Rattle Root Farm CSA in Princeton: Gearing up for a productive 2024 season
Rattle Root Farm, our next door neighbor CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), is thriving and has a lot of new things going ...
Clean Up Your Yard, Dammit! *Talking To Self
Sometimes it looks like we have a little bit of Beverly Hillbillies going on at our house. Worse, the pile ...
Love my new FLOR.com Carpet Tiles
Every once in a while, I come across a product that’s perfect for my home and lifestyle. I was at ...
Creative Connections: Local Business Spotlight
In the mid-1990s, I lived in Ashburnham, on Lower Naukeag Lake, and I’ve always found it a fascinating town, mainly ...
Central Mass Real Estate Market: April 2024
The state of the real estate market here in Central Massachusetts is essentially unchanged, despite the unsettled nature of the ...