went to the “store” today…

by | Jul 27, 2009 | Valley Locavore

so walked, out of house, for a small pint of raspberrieseach so tinyeach so exquisitelike the opposite of deathiwalked the steps required toneighbor's where"store" waslocavore now, must shop on streetwalked home 2000 steps from "store"to safety...

Emily Dickinson Encounters Wild Blueberries

by | Jul 27, 2009 | Valley Locavore

This timea weekend nowfriends and early morning wheni awake at first light wanderto a field nearby where fishermen dried their netsgloucester housegift CSA blueberries local but sparyfield with wild blueberries dog walk encounterno hay field no spray field justhand of...

Those heady days of English 112

by | Jul 27, 2009 | Ten Gallon Liberal

I taught Freshman English at UMass for several years as a grad student. Eventually I taught an Honors class, which was a real pleasure, almost like an upper-level course. Before that, I did have a few (well, 2) good students in those years. Never have I seen a more...