This morning I awoke in a panic. I'd had a claustrophobia dream. In the dream I am climbing the stairs to an attic room where my childhood friend Stuart Malone lives. Stuart died of a heroin overdose when he was 26. At the top there's some' [...] 
I read when I eat, a habit that began as a child reading every word on a cereal box, pupils fiercely dilated by sugar, hypnotized by that row of 25s in the nutritional info rectangle. Total and Special K had 100s. Quisp, well, I don't recall' [...] 
Do you ever feel like what you might really feel like doing is too unsophisticated to cop to? I am so distraught by Fox News and so much of what's in the "news" that shouldn't be news and even more distraught at what the real news, [...] 
"You've got mail!"
I saw my neighbor Bonnie carted away with an oxygen tank in an ambulance this weekend out my window and an anonymous poster here on Nohodome told me she died this weekend. Anonymous said...Sad news in the hood.... Heard today that Bonnie passed away. She was [...] 
Troubadour Books, one of the best bookstores in the area, arguably in the country, is having a 35% off sale this weekend. Dave and I just drove out there and I picked up some beautiful art and photo books for Xmas presents. [...] 
As much as I like to write, I have never had much follow through or patience. I like the concept of being a "writer" but I tend to wallow in the idea more often than doing the work that would make it a reality. I'm quite' [...] 
I found the postcard above at the monthly stamp and postcard show at the WWII Club on Conz St. when I went to vote a couple Tuesdays ago. Then I came upon a fantastic website with several photo galleries of the old Northampton Lunatic Asylum [...] 
Mural detail from wall of Food For Thought Books in Amherst.
A Speech to the Garden Club of America by Wendell Berry Thank you. I’m glad to know we’re friends, of course;
There are so many outcomes that [...]
It's a gorgeous day in Northampton. Every year The Hungry Ghost bakery has a harvest festival on their lawn, commencing with a parade around the block. Your roving Nohodome reporter was there.
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I was writing a radio commercial to run on WRSI-The River for the Richard Thompson, Loudon Wainwright "Loud and Rich" concert at the Calvin on 10/6 and used "That's My Daughter" as one of the Loudon songs, which is actually a Peter Blegvad song' [...] 
Okay, I've taken enough heat for leaving up the roof photos and not posting since 8/18 to break my blogfast. What was the catalyst for the hiatus? I can't say for sure but I have a theory. I've been watching too much television. I have never' [...] 
This post is technically a re-run, for long-time readers.
Now that I have given this to its intended recipient, I can post it for the proletariat. Click for higher resolution version. [...] 
South Carolina's kids rock band Lunch Money performed at 2PM Sunday as part of the Iron Horse's new matinee kids concert series; The No Nap Happy Hour, co-presented with the enthusiasm and kids music know-how of Bill Childs of the Spare The Rock, Spoil The Child [...] 
The Dirty Truth, Thursday night. Lightning and thunder outside. Oxblood red walls. The music is loud...indiscernible....annoying. She sat alone. The light from her cell phone illuminated her face.
Jim: Sometimes, like right now, I feel like I don't have a single real connection with another person. I'm alone at the end of a day and I center myself, usually with some music I know well, and it dawns on me that every exchange is [...] 
Tech blogger Bob Cringely's blog I, Cringely, is funny and ever more relevant. These days "tech bloggers" are among the most astute monitors of culture and communication. Here's a recent post that struck me as interesting as I stick my toes into the Twitter waters [...] 
Being a fan of Haagen Dazs Dulce de Leche and even more so their Caramel Cone I knew I was taking a risk with this Ben & Jerry's Triple Caramel Chunk but it was two for six bucks and damn, it had the word triple in' [...] 
New emergency exit going in at the Toasted Owl.
I'm cleaning my email box, the modern equivalent of going through old cardboard boxes of letters and other packrattia. I found some scans from my copy of Janet's Pocket Book of Airships plus a memorable email that I sent to a friend on December 16th, 2007.' [...] I'm cleaning my email box, the modern equivalent of going through old cardboard boxes of letters and other packrattia. I found some scans from my copy of Janet's Pocket Book of Airships plus a memorable email that I sent to a friend on December 16th, 2007.' [...] 
The original Cities Service sign was built in 1940 and replaced with the CITGO sign when the company changed its name in 1965.
In a museum that thousands upon thousands of children will visit every year, dinosaurs and people co-exist and the planet is 6000 years old.
Above: Before steroids. "World Series, Griffith Stadium, 1925." The headline when it was all over: PIRATES MAKE NATS WALK PLANK. National Photo Co. Click pic (including all below) for full size. Courtey the amazing Shorpy Photo Archive.
Jack Gets Up (from My Father's Face)
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It looks almost like a city from up here.
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