My partner, who is infinitely more perceptive than I, has wisely directed that I severely limit my daily consumption of news, which has become a major impediment to my well-being.
For the first time in my 52 years, my world, my home hills, the container of my life, the setting for my childhood and grown-up dreams, is actually—rather than metaphorically—on fire.
It should be noted that Mr. Gaetz engendered such universal revulsion in the halls of Congress that he was unlikely to have been confirmed at all, and this would explain Mr. Trump’s demand for “recess” confirmations of his proposed cabinet members.
This year, we join together in the spirit of community in sharing a message of hope and gratitude. In this time, when division often dominates the headlines, Thanksgiving can remind us of the strength that lies in coming together.
Even at this early stage Trump is previewing the character and tone of his triumphant return to the presidency. He has already begun to select some of the most inexperienced whackadoodles in America to assist in his ongoing attempt to turn America into a Trump dictatorship.
For residents of lower Reservoir Road, suggestions that so-called climate-smart logging will be good for us smacks of the urban-renewal language used to usurp land and neighborhoods in the 1960s and '70s.
The main building of the Brook Farm Inn in Lenox was originally a home built in 1882, occupied in the summer months by Colonel Burton Harrison and his wife Constance, who was a good friend of Emma Lazarus in New York City.
Bummer, I thought, our Open Town Meeting form of government does not permit expenditures to swiftly respond to situations such as the one presented by the Brookside Road Bridge closure.
In the last six weeks of the year, Americans generate 1 million tons of extra trash per week. Artificial decorations can be swapped out for natural greens that can be composted or fed to the goats.
We are grateful for you—our community of supporters—because, without your help, we couldn’t meet this growing demand. Every donation you make goes to providing healthy, nourishing food to those in need right here in Great Barrington.
