Simon, The Dalai Lama of Cats
In early June, Charley and I traveled to Stockbridge to continue marketing A Berkshire Tale. Nestled in a white, wicker, rocking chair on the front porch of the Red Lion Inn was ZuZu’s friend, Simon....
View ArticleSkyping With Milanda
Reading with children is one of the best investments anyone can make. The returns are gratifying on so many levels; not the least of which is bonding. Every Saturday morning, I Skype with a friend,...
View ArticleAhoy, Maties! It’s Talk Like A Pirate Day! AARRRRGHHHHHH!
Today is “Talk Like A Pirate Day” a National Holiday around our house. At least, according to Charley. The Pirate Flag has been hoisted on its own petard out on our front porch for all to see....
View Article“The packas are coming!”– National Alpaca Farm Days
ZuZu thought you’d like to know: “The packas are coming! The packas are coming!” In the January chapter of A Berkshire Tale, the little tabby overhears the farmer and his son talking about bringing...
View ArticleHappy Pumpkin Day !
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View ArticleWishing You a Peaceful Day of Thanks
From the Berkshire Hills and from our home in South County, Rhode Island, we are sending you our heartfelt hopes for a Peaceful Day of Thanks wherever you may be today. And I just want to add that I...
View ArticleA Holiday State of Mind
During the first week in December, Charley and I went on another adventure with our friends Jack and Jean. We took a pleasant train ride from our local Kingston Station to Penn Station in New York and...
View ArticleRoxie’s Resolution
A Happy Meewww Year to everyone from me, Roxie. Mom has decided to take a break from the blogosphere this week. She’s made an early New Year’s resolution to get the first draft of her mystery...
View ArticleAuld Lang Syne, My Dear
Charley and I went for a walk on the bike path Friday afternoon. I needed to take some photos for illustrations in a book I’m writing and the lighting was perfect. Bruised, dark clouds covered much of...
View ArticleRoxie’s Lament
Roxie here. I’m writing a post once again to help Mom. She’s been busy with other things the last two weeks, so someone has to bail her out. You remember that she and Dad decided to paint the kitchen...
View ArticleWilderness is Paradise Enough
This post is a bit late, but then, every day is Valentine’s Day around here. In the past, when Charley was the Director of Rhode Island Boys’ Indoor Track, mid-February was a busy time for him. We...
View ArticleRoxie’s Easter Horror Tale
I woke up happy. I stretched. I yawned. It was a beautiful morning, promising to be sunny and warm. A day made for the books. Daffodil and hyacinth bulbs were beginning to bloom. It reminded me of the...
View ArticleIt’s Spring Somewhere!
Snow was forecast in Rhode Island for the First Day of Spring two weeks ago, so Charley and I decided to go in search of sun and flowers. Needless to say, Roxie was not pleased. We flew to Walt Disney...
View ArticleHappy Mothers’ Day from ZuZu’s Barn
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View ArticleMemorial Day
I just read a Washington Post article by a Marine Corps Veteran, Jennie Haskamp. It was about remembering the men and women who gave their lives in service to our country – 1.3 million lives lost since...
View Article“O Say Can You See?”
This post is going to be about a few different topics – Charley and Me, Baltimore, Baseball, Brawls, Politics, Civility, the Media, National Values, Umbrellas and Flags because today is Flag Day here...
View ArticleOn Fathers and Their Daughters
June rose I celebrated twenty-seven Fathers’ Days with my Dad. He died in June when the roses along our fence were in bloom. I still have the card I bought him for that twenty-eighth Fathers’ Day he...
View Article“The Pacas are Coming!”– National Alpaca Farm Days
Pirate flags Well, Talk Like a Pirate Day 2016 is over and we are getting back to some semblance of normalcy, i.e. using a commonly understood dialect and not AAARRRRRGGGGHHHHHTICULATING in the...
View ArticleFall in South County
Mostly true story: Charley and I were sitting in a Dunkin’ Donuts last week and a horse walks up to the Drive-up Window. The waitress looks out, surprised to see him standing there and exclaims,...
View ArticleAn Old-Fashioned Christmas
Picnic Basket Norman Rockwell was one of America’s foremost artist illustrators. He once commented on not having an idyllic life and how this affected his work. “Maybe as I grew up and found the world...
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