Monthly Archives: November 2011

Black Friday meets Ruby Tuesday…and Wednesday Addams

If you’re reading this, it means you survived Black Friday. You think I’m kidding. I’m not. Black Friday can be terrifying. You don’t mess with someone who has stood in line for hours in the middle of the night to … Continue reading

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“The Night Strangers,” the Goodreads Choice Awards, and one last chance to vote — and, yes, to vote again

First of all, some serious and heartfelt thanks: Thanks to all of you who voted, THE NIGHT STRANGERS has made it to the Finals round in the Horror Category of Goodreads 2011 Choice Awards. I am thrilled — and deeply … Continue reading

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Food for thought: 86,000 hungry Vermonters

Once again this coming Thursday, a great many American families will gather together in their dining rooms and raise their glasses or say a prayer of thanks that among the plenty on the table before them is nothing made of … Continue reading

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Feed a Cold, Starve a Pfever

Okay, ice skating fans and men of a certain age who had serious boyhood crushes on Peggy Fleming: How many of you immediately envision rivers of snot whenever you recall Fleming on ice? Answer: Zero. Actually, that’s not correct. Someone … Continue reading

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This Friday, Veterans Deserve a Salute

Among the papers my brother and I brought back from Florida after our father died this summer was his honorable discharge from the U.S. Army. The papers show that he enlisted in the Army when he was 17, weeks after … Continue reading

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Goodreads 2011 Choice Awards and The Night Strangers

So, THIS was a pleasant surprise: THE NIGHT STRANGERS is a finalist in the Horror Category of Goodreads 2011 Choice Awards. I must confess, I did not see that coming And what thrilled me the most was this: The process. … Continue reading

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