Monthly Archives: September 2009

The other day I watched easily 400 teenagers screaming like Beatles fans in 1964. Was it pop icon Katy Perry who had them whipped into a frenzy? How about Zac Efron, one the stars of the “High School Musical” phenomenon? … Continue reading →

It was 11 years ago now that Middlebury College’s John Elder published “Reading the Mountains of Home,” and I don’t believe an autumn has passed since when I haven’t spent an evening or two becoming reacquainted with a chapter or … Continue reading →

Here is a big difference between my wife and me. Later this month I will be speaking in Rio de Janeiro and I asked her if she wanted to join me. She said she would love to, but she had … Continue reading →

Now here’s a sentence I never heard myself saying: “Tell me about your Famous Pork Boners.” I was in the midst of my annual orgy of bad eating at the Champlain Valley Fair in Essex Junction, Vermont last week, deciding whether … Continue reading →