Blogtober ’21: Continue to Do All the Things

October 9, 2021October 20, 2021Leave a comment

Part Two. On the Fair Circuit: we hit the Pittsfield Fall Festival on the Common for a little farmer’s market-style shopping, crafts, and munchies. I bought this awesome plant hanger from Simply Macrame. I was chastised for calling a delicata squash a gourd at this tent and I’m still feeling a little spicy about it. … Continue reading Blogtober ’21: Continue to Do All the Things

Blogtober Fashion-spotting

October 8, 2021October 26, 20211 Comment

Do you remember those fashion-on-the-street features in the back pages of mags like Cosmopolitan and Marie Clare? The ones in which “good fashion” was represented by smiling, seemingly surprised women and “bad fashion” was lightly disguised with skinny black bars over the eyes of the beholden? Inspired by those throwbacks but also hoping to put … Continue reading Blogtober Fashion-spotting

Blogtober ’21 Theme: Do. All. The Things.

October 6, 2021October 11, 20211 Comment

Part one. Life list bullet item crossed off: corn maze. No, I’d never been through a corn maze before this month. We made it. Haunted hay ride at Whitney’s Farm in Cheshire Rock-a-billy Frankenstein! The Giant Pumpkin Juli in the Giant Pumpkin Life list bullet item crossed off: my first trike ride! Thanks to my … Continue reading Blogtober ’21 Theme: Do. All. The Things.

Wordless Wednesday: MGM Springfield

August 4, 2021Leave a comment

The Finer Points of the 413 with Photog Chris Marion

July 18, 2021August 1, 2021Leave a comment

I suppose I’ve reached a certain age when my talented friends start hosting retrospectives of their work. The trade-off is good when it’s youthful uncertainty for art-show openings with beer gardens, though, and here we are. https://flic.kr/p/2mc6Jwh I’m really proud of my friend Chris Marion, as I tell him frequently on Instagram. There was a … Continue reading The Finer Points of the 413 with Photog Chris Marion