Writing Retreat…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 for 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. At my wife’s urging, I research writing retreat opportunities and...

A Blizzard, 40+ Years Later

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 started once I got...