Here in Western Massachusetts we have much for which to be grateful.
Our landscape is an Eden of elements, carved by the hand of Mother Nature with her tools of glaciers and frosts and hot and cold and ever-erosive currents of wind and water. [...]
Founding Father SpeaksFrom the Western Mass. Jobs With Justice listserv:
NO LAYOFFS! NO TAKEAWAYS! INFORMATIONAL PICKET AT COOLEY DICKINSON HOSPITAL
4-6pm, 30 Locust Street (Rte 9), Northampton. Nurses at Cooley Dickinson hospital--proud members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association, a state-wide union of direct-care nurses--are refusing [...]
Life slows down in early November here in western Massachusetts. Our leaves have begun their steep decline: the bright colors of the local landscape are fast giving way to the grays and silvers that foretell winter’s whites.
Before I get to today’s recipe, I’d like to remind readers about my beloved Pudding Hollow Pudding Festival, scheduled for TOMORRROW—Halloween!
Anyone within shouting distance of western Massachusetts should definitely come (and perhaps enter the festival’s pudding contest). This event offers food, music, and lots' [...] 
