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Even better than “Little House”? Little Britches by Ralph Moody
I loved the Little House on the Prairie
Jan 6, 2024
Howard Stein, 84: Helped Teach the Public How to Invest
Howard Stein obituary from the New York Times, 7/31/11. Stein helped bring stock and bond investing to the general public. Created the first…
Sep 4, 2011
Praise Song for the Day — Inaugural Poem by Elizabeth Alexander
Just got this transcript from the new york times website, but it was more or less without line breaks.
Jan 20, 2009
Loving and Leaving The Good Life
This is one of my favorite books at the moment. It’s essentially an autobiography of Helen (and Scott) Nearing, famous before-their-time bac…
May 20, 2007
On the Pulse of Morning, by Maya Angelou
Delivered at President Bill Clinton’s first inauguration, January 20th 1993.
Jan 10, 2013
The Hated and the Hater, Both Touch by Crime
This moving story by Timothy Williams in the 7/19/11 edition of the New York Times is a question and answer with the now late Anthony Stroma…
Sep 4, 2011
For those who love Greenfield, MA (and hate sprawl)
'Talking to the Wall' is documentary film maker Steve Alves' account of Greenfield's 1992 battle against Wall-Mart which made it the first t…
Sep 20, 2007
The Somerville Public Library
In the early nineties, fresh back from Zimbabwe and living on my own in the North End, I spend a lot of time in the Boston Public Library re…
Apr 5, 2007
To Know the Dark
“To go in the dark with a light is to know the light.
Feb 29, 2012
Charlotte’s Tangled Web
Just finished reading Charlotte’s web to my son, out loud, for the third time. You probably remember the story — a barnyard spider named Cha…
Aug 10, 2011
A Bibliography of Grief
Books on grief, death, and longing.
Aug 17, 2007
The Complete Tightwad Gazette, by Amy Dacyczyn
Amy Dacyczyn is a New England mother, graphic artist, and military wife who published a popular newsletter in the ’90s called The Tightwad G…
Apr 2, 2007
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