From the Wayback Machine: Market Basket 2014 Employee and Customer Rebellion
Market Basket Rally 2014 I just saw that it’s been 10 years since the great Market Basket employees and customers ...
Jay Recently Spent 2 weeks in an old Colorado town
I recently spent two weeks in Colorado with my brother and his wife, who live on a small ranch in ...
Thoughts on Choosing your Realtor Based on Perceived Obligation
In life there are lots and lots of small to medium sized financial decisions to be made, like can we ...
My Teen Years in Puerto Rico: Second in a Series of Jay’s Memoirs
After a very inauspicious start into the world of being missionaries (see the previous story: Even in 1962, It’s a Miracle ...
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 ...
Considering a move? You need my Moving Guide!
I recently met with a couple who is considering a move South. I happen to have a close connection with ...
The Neighborhoods We Grew Up In: RIP Pete Duprey
I drove through Baldwinville on my way to a listing appointment in Winchendon last week. I was hit with memory upon ...
Should have Trusted My Gut on that Car Salesman and his contract
Story Introduction: After the crash, and while going through the insurance claim process, we encountered a big problem with the maintenance ...
I couldn’t hate our Dishwasher more, finally gave up…
Has anyone but us noticed that a lot of things, such as major appliances, don’t work well or last like they ...
Failed Title 5 Septic? A little bit of good news!
In October 2023, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts passed revisions to the state tax code to make Massachusetts more competitive with other states, ...
Candy Stores in Central Mass and beyond
When I was kid, growing up in the Back Bay section of Baldwinville, there were two candy stores in our ...