It’s Maple Syrup season, and we still love Vermont! "Got kind of tired packing and unpackingTown to town and up and down the dialMaybe you and me were never meant to beBut baby think of me once in awhileI'm at WKRP in Cincinnati?" I’m a nomad. Can’t sit still in one...
When’s the last time you visited a public library? You know, the brick and mortar kind, in your local community? Maybe it’s been awhile, and maybe you’ve already guessed that I’m going to compare it to the internet. Do you have any idea why and for how long free...
About 5 years ago, while teaching at Green River College, I polled journalism students about where they get their news. Facebook was number one, handily beating all other media. And, since algorithms rule, any newspaper or TV show that wants subscribers or viewers...
If you want to know how the world works, don’t watch the news. Any of it. You see in a few decades we’ve gone from print, audio and video news media staffed locally, regionally, nationally, and even globally to just a handful of conglomerates. And most everything you...
Took a break from writing. Actually started several columns and trashed them - they weren't going to say anything you couldn't get elsewhere. And life is too short. I wish I could time travel ahead and read what history books will say about these times. Perhaps there...
How many people know what they want to do with their life at age 5? I did. That's when my grandfather gave me a transistor radio. Billions of these devices were sold, in the 60's and 70's. If you believe the Smithsonian, the transistor was as much a communication game...
Lisa and I drove a nearly 400 mile round trip yesterday, so we could watch my brother Rich play guitar for 45 minutes with a country band. Tom Dobson is a young country artist from Connecticut with his first album out on an independent label. He was the opening act...
It's been an interesting week. From Central Vermont, you can be anywhere in New England if you're willing to drive a few hours. Montreal and Boston are both day trips. After following the Yes tour through 2 states, we settled in at home for only a day before heading...
We were in Boston Tuesday night at the Wilbur Theater, where Yes played a nearly 3-hour concert set to a packed house. Standing ovation. I'll be honest, the Wilbur Theater is a bit run down and the acoustics were a bit wonky, which I hate. But what a band. As tight,...
We interrupt this program. In this day and age of infinite channels, of smartphone alerts, why interrupt any program? If there's a true emergency, such as a devastating tornado headed for my town, or worse, an asteroid is about to destroy the Earth and there's nothing...
What if the only human interactions that really matter are your "in person" relationships? I know. I'm writing a blog. I get the irony. But every time I unplug these days and have good times with regular analog people, it feels like a better choice than posting...
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