tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20235567164227369702024-03-19T04:48:53.653-04:00BSOby Tom DevineTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10900475514170268904noreply@blogger.comBlogger1203125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023556716422736970.post-85451683045694352592024-03-11T16:36:00.012-04:002024-03-15T15:44:34.542-04:00Primarily <p> </p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Last Tuesday I headed up the street to my quaint New England polling place to vote for biotech engineer <a href="https://www.vivek2024.com/meet-vivek/">Vivek Ramaswamy</a> for the GOP presidential nomination </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYAwLBWiRf_k9lzjqQaCg6g9UfOp2QIh0CbUHFmYd8nLdZwj3AOjUrL1euBkH52cmi_GGaFBq8ynj_OOfX0z1IGwo1PR-OVW2ss_zcN0iIyo2BoECS8mglnsYS0bgjEsx6nI2egs7ZNeb6088ZuswEwSEyzbWgxg75pSy-00HIHSJPDHZZBt9NjNSUceqd/s1920/road.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYAwLBWiRf_k9lzjqQaCg6g9UfOp2QIh0CbUHFmYd8nLdZwj3AOjUrL1euBkH52cmi_GGaFBq8ynj_OOfX0z1IGwo1PR-OVW2ss_zcN0iIyo2BoECS8mglnsYS0bgjEsx6nI2egs7ZNeb6088ZuswEwSEyzbWgxg75pSy-00HIHSJPDHZZBt9NjNSUceqd/w480-h640/road.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBv6zMIyIxjvSUUmLH-7PEsZESBWhC5TRw2JZgOR2pa5VciR2h-Uh_WP6d36OBomHFuL3LFTW2QU3ZauDjaCFundO6sAprRwGz7lcWVTirdG6dbuhPt4n-kinNLr8VYsWhNiHwMWXAui3tWkxpa5gV2gJUiCKW5JvlfypF9gLY5lFE6Yanbw9tlLLEhFs_/s1920/quaint.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBv6zMIyIxjvSUUmLH-7PEsZESBWhC5TRw2JZgOR2pa5VciR2h-Uh_WP6d36OBomHFuL3LFTW2QU3ZauDjaCFundO6sAprRwGz7lcWVTirdG6dbuhPt4n-kinNLr8VYsWhNiHwMWXAui3tWkxpa5gV2gJUiCKW5JvlfypF9gLY5lFE6Yanbw9tlLLEhFs_/w300-h400/quaint.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Didn't I know that Vivek <a href="https://apnews.com/article/vivek-ramaswamy-ends-2024-presidential-campaign-4b794ed3fbb41cc7f2a6a95d20458843">dropped out</a> of the race over a month ago? Yes, of course I did, but I have always felt that you should vote for whatever candidate you think is the best without giving any regard to whether you think they can win. Only then can your vote be pure. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Here are the results of the Massachusetts Republican primary. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKNfYf8sz94qshGaNjzUK8UoxHlQ-8mv5tGYjZnT6QwOk5fERHk1eQCfH8RgRKdzrXyQtriGcAZiCZ1Y4d7l99WBqUWuNCwVJ5ZAdcW9iTBwdAXWXgStKVfXhQUUOotFhiBxU2iiVq9jE5TzUHI3ll8U0tZ1gyS0ztoTcEzH1owOGcaxrCmxzxHn70pzGX/s698/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20at%2013-30-23%20results%20of%20the%20massachusetts%20primary%202024%20-%20Google%20Search.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="518" data-original-width="698" height="475" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKNfYf8sz94qshGaNjzUK8UoxHlQ-8mv5tGYjZnT6QwOk5fERHk1eQCfH8RgRKdzrXyQtriGcAZiCZ1Y4d7l99WBqUWuNCwVJ5ZAdcW9iTBwdAXWXgStKVfXhQUUOotFhiBxU2iiVq9jE5TzUHI3ll8U0tZ1gyS0ztoTcEzH1owOGcaxrCmxzxHn70pzGX/w640-h475/Screenshot%202024-03-11%20at%2013-30-23%20results%20of%20the%20massachusetts%20primary%202024%20-%20Google%20Search.png" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">How embarrassing that NO PREFERENCE came in third, above the vote totals for five flesh and blood contenders! </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Since when has Chris Christie been so popular in Massachusetts? And who the fuck is <a href="https://binkley2024.com/">Ryan Binkley</a>? At least 611 Massachusetts residents know. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Speaking of presidential subjects, did you know that the presidential library and museum for Calvin Coolidge, the former Northampton mayor who went on to become the only person from the Pioneer Valley to be elected President, is located up on the second floor of Northampton's Forbes Library?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUkR6P9w_gvmucSrH93NrqmyoE8hSO7YrErBPTe3wgWMTAsQGRx4yPumtvWIrjpTADtEiPAn7pqtDctl-hpKfFkPbJkikUi4w8fX3aP-Y0lBWbbRckOipKnL55xP_Vr8sfD9ROcAldPoL37Jkd94tkdgl1Adh1o__l4NFt8_rKlfxjIXaQhKngl94oCwNH/s1920/calmu.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUkR6P9w_gvmucSrH93NrqmyoE8hSO7YrErBPTe3wgWMTAsQGRx4yPumtvWIrjpTADtEiPAn7pqtDctl-hpKfFkPbJkikUi4w8fX3aP-Y0lBWbbRckOipKnL55xP_Vr8sfD9ROcAldPoL37Jkd94tkdgl1Adh1o__l4NFt8_rKlfxjIXaQhKngl94oCwNH/w400-h300/calmu.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Cal and Gracie will be glad to greet you if you go.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqrVs91iUHmyGGcXH6XFRuGEFYWWaWp44GuVwTBPe1DrzjaXvyiuQ-6fsc6pO4VxonJbxko4EgxIooxJQLYEsILbsLp8fEYMtNx24-FczaiKCAStF6Dr5qM7VieYRIjyPT1eWB33pMfWsuYDg51gKQsfGqAU4jda_4BC3B8yuR-QTO9l_3gWmKTnpQblCh/s1920/cals.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqrVs91iUHmyGGcXH6XFRuGEFYWWaWp44GuVwTBPe1DrzjaXvyiuQ-6fsc6pO4VxonJbxko4EgxIooxJQLYEsILbsLp8fEYMtNx24-FczaiKCAStF6Dr5qM7VieYRIjyPT1eWB33pMfWsuYDg51gKQsfGqAU4jda_4BC3B8yuR-QTO9l_3gWmKTnpQblCh/w400-h300/cals.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">My sainted mother <a href="https://tommydevine.blogspot.com/search?q=ECOS">worked</a> for decades in Forest Park and was a friend of Springfield Park Commissioner Patrick Sullivan, shown below standing between the late City Councilor Clodo Concepcion and former State Senator Brian Lees in 2005. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsDf6qLtCWJCMdiyQPRfR44etpvCZzThzeI_WVaVFORccd_LG7nIwa9bAxU6mRrhU2hmxb7U13jQhyN4q80bqA79NcUbGlec3M6psIm_goZtvi15iYd-lokvp-oQXaen1926dBluYNuGS4o7PXUN7Ml3Ie_CVqKlWnq4f6PaFPMIkPqgFLWtTO5G9ecCm2/s400/sullivan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="309" data-original-width="400" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsDf6qLtCWJCMdiyQPRfR44etpvCZzThzeI_WVaVFORccd_LG7nIwa9bAxU6mRrhU2hmxb7U13jQhyN4q80bqA79NcUbGlec3M6psIm_goZtvi15iYd-lokvp-oQXaen1926dBluYNuGS4o7PXUN7Ml3Ie_CVqKlWnq4f6PaFPMIkPqgFLWtTO5G9ecCm2/w400-h309/sullivan.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Sullivan is also the nephew of the infamous <a href="http://jwesleymiller.blogspot.com/">activist</a> Eamon T. O'Sullivan. Last week Pat Sullivan announced his <a href="https://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/hampden-county/long-time-springfield-leader-patrick-sullivan-retires/">retirement</a> after 37 years of service and my family wishes him many long and happy years to come. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">On a sadder note, I was sorry to hear of the death of local real estate magnate <a href="https://obits.masslive.com/us/obituaries/masslive/name/paul-sears-obituary?id=54567555">Paul Sears</a>. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAeXZm4Vk0W8dzeS2gMCKDQusGs4uPJu5e2OmwUDemeo4bNU2CYb6byNX2O9bsI6VRE506rTtdJm_ynryw8CqWYSP6JFmMlrYcfSAvS3sGStWvtmYNls_GQyCFlfsrWoYt1Apgri4mos_2-t5937lZJBm5iF_1SM8aH_zoEcJ0pzo7GHHpEzEUnRpDvpae/s400/sears.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="339" data-original-width="400" height="339" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAeXZm4Vk0W8dzeS2gMCKDQusGs4uPJu5e2OmwUDemeo4bNU2CYb6byNX2O9bsI6VRE506rTtdJm_ynryw8CqWYSP6JFmMlrYcfSAvS3sGStWvtmYNls_GQyCFlfsrWoYt1Apgri4mos_2-t5937lZJBm5iF_1SM8aH_zoEcJ0pzo7GHHpEzEUnRpDvpae/w400-h339/sears.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Sears was a prominent political figure in Springfield in the late 1960's and early 70's, when he served on the City Council. <span>The political issue that Sears is best remembered for is having
cried out in warning that it was sheer folly to build the New North Elementary
School (now renamed Gerena) on a sandy swamp down by the riverfront. Supporters of the boondoggle accused Sears of opposing it because of anti-Hispanic bias. <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Millions of
dollars later in foundation leaks, bad air circulation and constant repairs, the passage of time has proven Sears completely correct in his misgivings. In fact, the building has problems to <a href="https://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/hampden-county/parents-raise-concern-on-tunnel-connected-to-gerena-community-school-in-springfield/?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral&fbclid=IwAR2PoNyewSbD58d-gd3C72aQhTmp8r-ymDH5mZP7JPKzkqyx-HY6uz5nFvg">this day</a>. Rumors persist about who profited from such an obviously corrupt decision and prominent names have been mentioned. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>However, that controversy has by this point probably disappeared forever into that over-flowing file cabinet on Springfield political history marked, "Never to be Known." If only today's City Clowncil had half the healthy skepticism of government and concern for public finances that Paul Sears did. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhMRjFZ3Ybf0nmxjqG4dgauQ6mXpcn_1PxDVDIbK1YuwniVFPGw759o-Ajp0yLxRTBNRzh3VtgpY6F4xVklzxWnpDz7gQcr2cPYnOn9xjnItRkNKXvP34pkd_TtvALezZtnxu1cltUwXAZm70RKgYhb9N_z_UVRNe38Uy3OnliLR38bxxnUyCdAOkUNnse/s679/criminals.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="679" data-original-width="534" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhMRjFZ3Ybf0nmxjqG4dgauQ6mXpcn_1PxDVDIbK1YuwniVFPGw759o-Ajp0yLxRTBNRzh3VtgpY6F4xVklzxWnpDz7gQcr2cPYnOn9xjnItRkNKXvP34pkd_TtvALezZtnxu1cltUwXAZm70RKgYhb9N_z_UVRNe38Uy3OnliLR38bxxnUyCdAOkUNnse/w315-h400/criminals.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb_eNQh1hQEXfH7vKhWjbtx0f_0rw8YDYzB2DMYdTvXfbRYgQKu2WrIceENZziO96tcoeKBoDeQbfjsX38X2gP6pC6dEtkUwx7s5nLJhFRCEt-5hRo1z77f1-AZ7Rrk2x7w2CbFnlRPLngblfsNfHqHuyzsLi2-LsL-nGwvm9e9-tqbKfgo1Ue9r2HuWxC/s225/republican.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb_eNQh1hQEXfH7vKhWjbtx0f_0rw8YDYzB2DMYdTvXfbRYgQKu2WrIceENZziO96tcoeKBoDeQbfjsX38X2gP6pC6dEtkUwx7s5nLJhFRCEt-5hRo1z77f1-AZ7Rrk2x7w2CbFnlRPLngblfsNfHqHuyzsLi2-LsL-nGwvm9e9-tqbKfgo1Ue9r2HuWxC/w320-h320/republican.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">As part of the celebration, the newspaper is re-publishing the front pages of some of the paper's most news worthy events, such as the Great Flood of 1936 shown here. Count how many articles appear on that front page. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg87_JQbJ5buVmSD9X1IO8ruDm3HzXnliZPvTNHwKVTkcxiAmVEpFZ5oE9FLGaZk-Pc5o58xH25BTjpLKmcUhygpULfdFZ4nSnSuiM3TcGBUDVV8hkR_74E5qKT-q8T_91hl7ICpQSMCXS7y9aG_BmzlWq33EP_jAEmcM_XcmAKIbf7906x3UB2TV61YWV/s1920/old.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg87_JQbJ5buVmSD9X1IO8ruDm3HzXnliZPvTNHwKVTkcxiAmVEpFZ5oE9FLGaZk-Pc5o58xH25BTjpLKmcUhygpULfdFZ4nSnSuiM3TcGBUDVV8hkR_74E5qKT-q8T_91hl7ICpQSMCXS7y9aG_BmzlWq33EP_jAEmcM_XcmAKIbf7906x3UB2TV61YWV/w400-h300/old.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I count 17 separate stories starting on that one page of the paper. Now take a look at the front page of the edition of the Springfield newspaper published yesterday.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_kJQVGj6Q6804_3SNFZ-Po8rTil5ur0LOudbpYtiZ2ZXPDJe8FBzR0kVtptEyt3havXlW5ps-riKb9tily4G-09x7w4x2ObCqWsZD9Od2NrQrFdDRWS28F_1GWFf9l67N7nPbxarcxNI4CUFqRfVsIXCxzjY_F0NFGUBAPPBKOoZgWUIiCX-dDbYJaNWi/s1400/twos.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1125" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_kJQVGj6Q6804_3SNFZ-Po8rTil5ur0LOudbpYtiZ2ZXPDJe8FBzR0kVtptEyt3havXlW5ps-riKb9tily4G-09x7w4x2ObCqWsZD9Od2NrQrFdDRWS28F_1GWFf9l67N7nPbxarcxNI4CUFqRfVsIXCxzjY_F0NFGUBAPPBKOoZgWUIiCX-dDbYJaNWi/w321-h400/twos.jpg" width="321" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The modern version of the paper has two (count 'em) TWO stories on the front page. I realize the newspaper industry is in decline and has less staff to produce content, but this is simply pathetic. The great challenge for the <i>Springfield Newspapers 200th Anniversary</i> is to figure out how to celebrate the greatness of their past without inadvertently drawing attention to what a pale shadow of that greatness they are in the present. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Meanwhile, this cartoon insulting north valley Congressman Jim McGovern appeared this morning on the window of the empty storefront where <i>Faces</i> once was. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfOIwoKvc8MDPJ-uYdrKPXDKxN-kFPmLE01MU8AhSW3F6wBDZmCdrKnuBUYr01pFPe4-Xj5hNtA_jGT1M8xSiJmUZi3FSgZKZVaooLLpm5kGCiTMcGGfGdAFpvCe13fDP5JWA1-w8qaaxWT7Ltg3S0Ee9bfKIERfSS7YbS-wVicc06ytZz-B9-VFg_JNV_/s1920/all.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfOIwoKvc8MDPJ-uYdrKPXDKxN-kFPmLE01MU8AhSW3F6wBDZmCdrKnuBUYr01pFPe4-Xj5hNtA_jGT1M8xSiJmUZi3FSgZKZVaooLLpm5kGCiTMcGGfGdAFpvCe13fDP5JWA1-w8qaaxWT7Ltg3S0Ee9bfKIERfSS7YbS-wVicc06ytZz-B9-VFg_JNV_/w480-h640/all.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixNCf44ViKO6Grjgo1pWRB1ZCFG0oBBvOQ2SdKbSFLuEanibzTSi2PAOtBvu743VI_uiqQZ7uP8G-dd6h9DQqGVnC0pOSU3NseXoj-qkYRMNCptIQa5JKQbtr4q-Wga8yFhstlxyXPNj8tpAyNs1Zaux4t3crIXtbk3lCYrk4OP4MFG1-1MjxPHncYl-Ha/s1920/can.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixNCf44ViKO6Grjgo1pWRB1ZCFG0oBBvOQ2SdKbSFLuEanibzTSi2PAOtBvu743VI_uiqQZ7uP8G-dd6h9DQqGVnC0pOSU3NseXoj-qkYRMNCptIQa5JKQbtr4q-Wga8yFhstlxyXPNj8tpAyNs1Zaux4t3crIXtbk3lCYrk4OP4MFG1-1MjxPHncYl-Ha/w400-h300/can.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">A cuppa at the <i>Woodstar Cafe</i>. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiezorOEIrnEt3iiFk5FHq7kYmom5qalGzrBXBtvzjng1dCX3Kg8u1JppC8sYrsmR1uZ2HFZk6HGU3Db-v1jT9lREGvKhu1nQQxdauACXYCc7JvJO-fd14zzQv29GeEGNxhLf-ct23IIKCHdt0spL1kcCvn2K2fHE1KZsWo6odqT0QyTXBM-atfLzrpJn2R/s1920/cup.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiezorOEIrnEt3iiFk5FHq7kYmom5qalGzrBXBtvzjng1dCX3Kg8u1JppC8sYrsmR1uZ2HFZk6HGU3Db-v1jT9lREGvKhu1nQQxdauACXYCc7JvJO-fd14zzQv29GeEGNxhLf-ct23IIKCHdt0spL1kcCvn2K2fHE1KZsWo6odqT0QyTXBM-atfLzrpJn2R/w400-h300/cup.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">My new coffee hot-spot lately is <i>Catalpa Coffee</i> on Pleasant Street. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhInTjA5iQ970jZe2RQjMSn1yxF08TO1qdO9CqixkCjEj4WQNSp_VqrfCe4RgDCfqPhKg8_7dwslrru5mg8M1Cv1Po4gELsbkKT2fdh8jURh9hciiCepKr9FT0rj7PwCsOWX8_xASSwhGWPb-40_P_s-jd32Iwdks2AcKwi6ZbjfiFDqMKTK4iidnRQoxjz/s1920/catalpa.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhInTjA5iQ970jZe2RQjMSn1yxF08TO1qdO9CqixkCjEj4WQNSp_VqrfCe4RgDCfqPhKg8_7dwslrru5mg8M1Cv1Po4gELsbkKT2fdh8jURh9hciiCepKr9FT0rj7PwCsOWX8_xASSwhGWPb-40_P_s-jd32Iwdks2AcKwi6ZbjfiFDqMKTK4iidnRQoxjz/w400-h300/catalpa.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">View out the window of <i>Catalpa Coffee</i>. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7e0m7jGCx6LPnkNJNhcR3HN7XX8eLxqY9UBx30455zqECJ2j8xi-0cePbuCRMkcL8PWXu2wC5HyUmkgv8Jo37FY4Hi4Mdcz0WiPd0AgV0kWLggtScVcbnoJ0GfGFiQ1yh3PS2-PHYPMBKymlBaAd0YNvbAY0w73-qBKITVhkdASPCHh3VSxSVyzH6gwXj/s1920/catwin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7e0m7jGCx6LPnkNJNhcR3HN7XX8eLxqY9UBx30455zqECJ2j8xi-0cePbuCRMkcL8PWXu2wC5HyUmkgv8Jo37FY4Hi4Mdcz0WiPd0AgV0kWLggtScVcbnoJ0GfGFiQ1yh3PS2-PHYPMBKymlBaAd0YNvbAY0w73-qBKITVhkdASPCHh3VSxSVyzH6gwXj/w400-h300/catwin.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The house my Great-Grandfather built on Hood Street in Springfield had a <a href="http://hoodst.blogspot.com/2018/11/the-catalpa-tree.html">Catalpa tree</a> out front, although it has since been cut down.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">When was the last time you visited the historic<i> Miss Florence Diner</i>, complete with their antique jukeboxes that still work? They are the exact same kind that once graced the booths of the late, lamented <i>Russell's</i> in Springfield's ol' Pine Point. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirEyrBb_iXcz4uAd_zH4EKnu_KawYRajjhRUPBu0RJKFE0AGgkrKEwyTcUDYh9u12s9ZiigtsMfq41rpglcF3jOKw9ARm4aQl8HTaivKvkMJ6_K13sSHcEmNai-8R7obXZrtA2q9rI2IZPynqZbP22nF2lbralt1aR26P1EkwiyFnvG58OXShlwEbPJXxy/s526/flos.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirEyrBb_iXcz4uAd_zH4EKnu_KawYRajjhRUPBu0RJKFE0AGgkrKEwyTcUDYh9u12s9ZiigtsMfq41rpglcF3jOKw9ARm4aQl8HTaivKvkMJ6_K13sSHcEmNai-8R7obXZrtA2q9rI2IZPynqZbP22nF2lbralt1aR26P1EkwiyFnvG58OXShlwEbPJXxy/w400-h400/flos.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Coming attraction. </span><br /></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUvrx47xGroPlFIcgM0WcF0L9oukKuqFzgyeuNO8jLXMYr4zrU4b8JREEgcMkcTNAwjKc0meuHEiuYgYq5BMkj-f9p4ztgf3nwOSqBeRNvemJqaVH3vBP8y4t0iRV67mmsizBf0wRTmzCVQ7NhaqhFZbRrtiJw7Ug39L25mLNh89JBHLluZlc1AEVCJ9NR/w400-h300/go.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Less uplifting is the depressing amount of evidence of left-wing extremism I've been seeing lately. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5nTbovLE-Sdg2ZjDyMPamWfnEL1de8STJDuXrBEPz0hHdtbfb-F95SVBQSpEOUxZUB28UNIuB00hUsVvWVIy6Iqpbwh8LOHbvWZhgIx3I3Q549AxnxdTXoKvr0aZloxxBrXYbNKcrgvBTLDyvFuHLsICD6l6sA6SYC5CZHQDiOuSeeXJMk1wo-zl0c54M/s1920/work.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfzmrQFW-_fEKb_gvn_9NOfjYt0iBi4itHAwglFYLPMTyxaqwnaIwjzFO1V00_CwKrj9prT0M-2W-10ds-DvOOWFAJY-ygoa7UlNUuy9YC0cKyJ0ebgrVGS3N0rCaelUlp7lkrr8_h51H8kJBzxhKgaKcv8Q8p2F6afdcaGH-l3jq5wFL0F2QluOvdDlrb/s1920/marx.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfzmrQFW-_fEKb_gvn_9NOfjYt0iBi4itHAwglFYLPMTyxaqwnaIwjzFO1V00_CwKrj9prT0M-2W-10ds-DvOOWFAJY-ygoa7UlNUuy9YC0cKyJ0ebgrVGS3N0rCaelUlp7lkrr8_h51H8kJBzxhKgaKcv8Q8p2F6afdcaGH-l3jq5wFL0F2QluOvdDlrb/w400-h300/marx.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This poster even brags about the <a href="https://tommydevine.blogspot.com/2008/02/bad-name.html">shameful name</a> of the UMass library. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuEXz-Cre2PbXWWD5ExpExosLotrGK3sT_T6TSobVX8bd4w_w9oELzCdhOf8jIcJNS9zoQN5Halgvo_P4HSSFbIycfdDZ46BT_2nrc3bauErrjWHG861RiCjxh36bPZ1NMXkTmUt9KaHO1400ySFj7ATm_wyReDheiBKzZiREjJa-cFNrxz7OCkXXxF2XO/s1920/ben.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuEXz-Cre2PbXWWD5ExpExosLotrGK3sT_T6TSobVX8bd4w_w9oELzCdhOf8jIcJNS9zoQN5Halgvo_P4HSSFbIycfdDZ46BT_2nrc3bauErrjWHG861RiCjxh36bPZ1NMXkTmUt9KaHO1400ySFj7ATm_wyReDheiBKzZiREjJa-cFNrxz7OCkXXxF2XO/w400-h300/ben.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">"Names and details will be kept private" they say reassuringly. Good thing, or else participants might get a visit from the thought police. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Land of legends in Springfield.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_h3pLodUppecQZgoSIPl__vo_3cklKAEJynChF8NOrWcGumm0nbdPu4fVhC4-hN_4lDgRcCeBtV2DPx4_NLDcXHdCE88M5vSU4mUWojEt9SlvI1Sqy0DxMvbx14xq_LkibvqdagROW6jEw9G46IZQm4aw43pDvgXAzKmY60jkVFtds-jx9w_VIfpYDTMN/s680/pabst.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="649" data-original-width="680" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_h3pLodUppecQZgoSIPl__vo_3cklKAEJynChF8NOrWcGumm0nbdPu4fVhC4-hN_4lDgRcCeBtV2DPx4_NLDcXHdCE88M5vSU4mUWojEt9SlvI1Sqy0DxMvbx14xq_LkibvqdagROW6jEw9G46IZQm4aw43pDvgXAzKmY60jkVFtds-jx9w_VIfpYDTMN/w400-h381/pabst.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> <br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> Back when we used to have a sense of humor about our past. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsMxGogUbA3YASxH_7JhZOGy1cJJ1Fz_3Cr2G5qX5kwbcJqjDlwTxW1OIihY20Vrzn4Ygeh4oZD8w-2SLyRJLIsRAvXOrAcon5OKmL4yRd-ADqoyKoqy3qAzcES5uQ2d9AfZS_-QKUGsl1Ba2fyhAbly0tPHEg90v0_497-gosPHHvGEGkit-C1bphE44/s499/tonyf.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="422" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsMxGogUbA3YASxH_7JhZOGy1cJJ1Fz_3Cr2G5qX5kwbcJqjDlwTxW1OIihY20Vrzn4Ygeh4oZD8w-2SLyRJLIsRAvXOrAcon5OKmL4yRd-ADqoyKoqy3qAzcES5uQ2d9AfZS_-QKUGsl1Ba2fyhAbly0tPHEg90v0_497-gosPHHvGEGkit-C1bphE44/w339-h400/tonyf.jpg" width="339" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Much of our Valley and all of Pine Point was saddened last week to learn of the death of <a href="https://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/hampden-county/founder-of-tonys-pizza-restaurant-in-springfield-passed-away/">Francesco "Frank" Ferrentino</a>, the founder of the Point's popular pizza joint, <i>Tony's Pizza</i>. He also dabbled a bit in MassGOP politics, being a prominent Springfield supporter of the late Governor Paul Cellucci. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Why was a pizza parlor owned by a guy named Frank called <i>Tony's</i>?
Because when Frank bought the business back in 1979, it had originally
been owned by some guy named Tony. As is common in business, when you
purchase a place that already has a name, it is usually a good idea to
keep the original name (and thereby hopefully the original customers).
So for the rest of his life many people assumed Frank's name was Tony,
and he became so used to it that he rarely corrected people who called
him that. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Originally, <i>Tony's Pizza</i>
was located in a small storefront attached to a house on the corner of
Boston Road and Barber Street. Later it moved up Boston Road a bit to
the former hardware store next to <i>Nora's Variety</i>, then finally permanently settled several doors down, converting and expanding a former music store that had specialized in keyboard instruments.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhosdAYAXTVEFgS7rP05zJ4C51HwwsXPPR3RSkEYOZqktafIHc41MWF62oJQa1y7QpFFb7bq6o3uV0IvWQIdyfx9OfAUj98zwdjq80p0K-yZAFGMK9kNiYh-Nh6Ma7MuROJXqdes5-4RJGgynjYhpw6kS3dD_0l0CBEJQ3cn5GIE1A8njq3griUn_0P13A/s576/tonyp.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="576" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhosdAYAXTVEFgS7rP05zJ4C51HwwsXPPR3RSkEYOZqktafIHc41MWF62oJQa1y7QpFFb7bq6o3uV0IvWQIdyfx9OfAUj98zwdjq80p0K-yZAFGMK9kNiYh-Nh6Ma7MuROJXqdes5-4RJGgynjYhpw6kS3dD_0l0CBEJQ3cn5GIE1A8njq3griUn_0P13A/w400-h313/tonyp.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Although officially a pizza place, <i>Tony's</i>
actually featured a wide array of Italian food. Their grinders were
especially good. Some nights after <i>Tony's</i> closed, Frank used to stop by
the gallery of Richard Doyle the Twig Painter, also located on Boston
Road, usually with a free pizza in hand. Needless to say he was always
welcome. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The last time I saw him at the
restaurant Frank did not look healthy. We laughed remembering the wild
times that sometimes went down at the <i>Twig Gallery</i>. I like to
imagine that Frank and Doyle must be enjoying a heavenly reunion, preferably with some of Frank's Italian cuisine. He wouldn't be happy in heaven if he couldn't cook. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Rest in peace, Pizza-dude. </span></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsw6wsYh8donuemrTrpn-irEDzUHl0c5OUI_aLkJstOtH9qlqcAkEBBlTkfmuA5HQvWwaajagx6W7Aotm2H5-aSsBEbVHuWgTpThYR5Szsq2mB9LPs2cucNndn2uiJ3HmB__hYm2N4LA3Ab3AvNGryggJP1m5p3NvNhFXtPhvQ2GRtIXxnQkPFkXAy92qu/s546/tony.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsw6wsYh8donuemrTrpn-irEDzUHl0c5OUI_aLkJstOtH9qlqcAkEBBlTkfmuA5HQvWwaajagx6W7Aotm2H5-aSsBEbVHuWgTpThYR5Szsq2mB9LPs2cucNndn2uiJ3HmB__hYm2N4LA3Ab3AvNGryggJP1m5p3NvNhFXtPhvQ2GRtIXxnQkPFkXAy92qu/w351-h400/tony.jpg" width="351" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> <br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">UMass had what was called a Queer Art Market this week. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWxcPCeSEDJjK6yvoGabFaL_lQWKvbZ4ofDK1403J-gOJrddVsrfgfqjiuvuYht407OTHYctFu-K6XFM1icLVbFlF6RBl5u2CWjpN7dbQdQVyAxlr6ifbZiZw047cuy-qlAf0WpL6AxF1yEKPKkGbWI5mkWfw7HJmf75mDQLPnYWoMIn9DH6fOWyqy48Te/w480-h640/puddle.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">They're baaack!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0t4u9oJNf0Tykad_taLP1m7aTZ2bP0xkChzQvdFFEhgF7Fb_U4bVL_jl656T2QYv7S5vHUA_gsXDBcFLw5AgsCSJyTJtJVCKZKdXW0IvDf-lhu5wVVgLgQZWH_qsgEC4Zws3XTNnn-FwWoZjIss2I5l_c9R0J63OGE9lCiCo4yIlVlvvWxOdt7pXut00v/s1282/back.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1282" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0t4u9oJNf0Tykad_taLP1m7aTZ2bP0xkChzQvdFFEhgF7Fb_U4bVL_jl656T2QYv7S5vHUA_gsXDBcFLw5AgsCSJyTJtJVCKZKdXW0IvDf-lhu5wVVgLgQZWH_qsgEC4Zws3XTNnn-FwWoZjIss2I5l_c9R0J63OGE9lCiCo4yIlVlvvWxOdt7pXut00v/w360-h400/back.jpg" width="360" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It was the late, great <a href="https://tommydevine.blogspot.com/2017/03/on-larry-kelley.html">Larry Kelley</a> who first pointed out to me that the biggest flag in the north Valley is located in the parking log of the Amherst <i>Big Y</i>. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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They were hard-nosed businessmen and likeable guys. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Springfield 1924.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKPLteeFpUgJJA30TcX__2A58tmGXxY4a4QtuX5rdIvZRRjpunEnUNmmJDhINAUtyqzUYe-PIGbHdiwVhZOZ9kmtAy8TYkTohC2P_FZ3ef89y5QDwzzKXjS5CM3UfnbRw3O715YD-lW8Rad3iY_eT-FdsESpcTkGeXfZn_EozsE68mYS33-C2ZjbX5szrC/s600/court.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="600" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKPLteeFpUgJJA30TcX__2A58tmGXxY4a4QtuX5rdIvZRRjpunEnUNmmJDhINAUtyqzUYe-PIGbHdiwVhZOZ9kmtAy8TYkTohC2P_FZ3ef89y5QDwzzKXjS5CM3UfnbRw3O715YD-lW8Rad3iY_eT-FdsESpcTkGeXfZn_EozsE68mYS33-C2ZjbX5szrC/w400-h355/court.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzelCK-pV16yHJirVLS1dh6e9Lx2fU3mMP4fwCLiUCwbDF2AocRaf9raHu9pdcnCL4VJIrq8YuyCatjAtdxhBD6ImSVr_DWZWCeQIxFjHrxaQSnuJ6mKUAGnuSsNhOVDPq993x6rS-nPBsDNMQLgTjlgVOXrvoQPUhpqZ5lD01BfkNKQiC_S8h8fwln0YR/s640/withch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="640" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzelCK-pV16yHJirVLS1dh6e9Lx2fU3mMP4fwCLiUCwbDF2AocRaf9raHu9pdcnCL4VJIrq8YuyCatjAtdxhBD6ImSVr_DWZWCeQIxFjHrxaQSnuJ6mKUAGnuSsNhOVDPq993x6rS-nPBsDNMQLgTjlgVOXrvoQPUhpqZ5lD01BfkNKQiC_S8h8fwln0YR/w400-h296/withch.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>On Oct. 4, Gov. Maura Healey signed into law Massachusetts’ first tax
cut in 20 years to the tune of $1 billion. Fast-forward to Jan. 8, when
Gov. Healey announced a $1 billion tax shortfall.</i></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>I am one of many residents who put in countless hours to make
sure the Fair Share Amendment passed. I do not appreciate this fiscal
mismanagement.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Nancy Stenberg</i></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Easthampton </i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i> </i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Right on sister, but in fairness to Her Governess, the current billion dollar shortfall has nothing to do with the tax cuts, which didn't kick in until the new year<i>. </i>In the coming months we will see the first effects of those tax cuts and perhaps we will indeed see an additional billion dollars in revenue shrinkage, but that hasn't happened yet. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It's sad how Ms. Stenberg worked so hard to pass the so-called "Fair Share
Amendment" only to have the billion bucks in new revenue it raised be
cancelled out by the billion dollar (so far) revenue slump. Of course
the "millionaire's tax" was never going to be paid by any actual
millionaires anyway (who are almost all business owners who then pass on their
higher tax bill to the general public by raising prices) but I don't think anyone foresaw that the money raised by the tax would be completely wiped out in its
first year due to the bottom falling out of the state budget. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">So if the tax cuts didn't dig the budget hole, what did? Much of that Fair Share one billion was lost due to the exploding expense of the hundreds of "migrants" arriving in Massachusetts every week and being placed on welfare within twenty-four hours of their arrival. Busloads of new welfare recipients arriving on a daily basis gets to be expensive. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">With word spreading like wildfire along the southern border that Massachusetts is the only state in the union that guarantees housing for families by law, we can be sure that this is a budget line item that will only continue to metastasize in the coming months, blowing ever bigger holes in the state budget. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The prudent fiscal ways of former Republican Governor Charlie Baker left Healey with hundreds of millions of dollars in unspent funds left over from the so-called pandemic. But in just her first year, Healey has managed to blow all of it except for the cash of last resort in the state's "rainy day fund" (and you can be sure the politicos are starting to eye that as well). <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Poor Governor Healey. She thought her term as Governor would be spent spending all that beautiful cash Charlie left her, merrily devising new socialist style policies for Massachusetts. Instead, it looks like she will spend most of her term deciding which budgets to slash and how many workers to fire. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Heading home.... <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzM_GpcwCtvsBW-z2YTwVIq6Pz2eHiWLHKHPCsSp125xKcA8_elsA-Jgllkch9cdfqIQiK5qoPoyjyaXC9-u5tEibPMjrfYCoH0xohKsRqQa_8zPL-3PnC5LpcCMKZ2Firc0BL_uFV8WII-q_ZOI-NUbfXwIAYL1sb_oBncAEz4d-88bkg4bsgfcS45LYU/s1920/gate.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzM_GpcwCtvsBW-z2YTwVIq6Pz2eHiWLHKHPCsSp125xKcA8_elsA-Jgllkch9cdfqIQiK5qoPoyjyaXC9-u5tEibPMjrfYCoH0xohKsRqQa_8zPL-3PnC5LpcCMKZ2Firc0BL_uFV8WII-q_ZOI-NUbfXwIAYL1sb_oBncAEz4d-88bkg4bsgfcS45LYU/w400-h300/gate.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVtZuR_CtMqgQJSpbN96IVAMEw0QwvsLif-yOn_k5dS5KhOf_0v-ORipmTcEUesr_vNE5qW9kRX8ZioS3voJhoT_j3rxwy3N2UetiEqT6wJy-R9BLbXQOsgIkTr3EbknYEJTJmU_WeE7DLfh39bfdTxUWI-t1aoVOe1fLGJA5Y1teeKekZ78BpnwCDwAtg/s1920/pearl.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVtZuR_CtMqgQJSpbN96IVAMEw0QwvsLif-yOn_k5dS5KhOf_0v-ORipmTcEUesr_vNE5qW9kRX8ZioS3voJhoT_j3rxwy3N2UetiEqT6wJy-R9BLbXQOsgIkTr3EbknYEJTJmU_WeE7DLfh39bfdTxUWI-t1aoVOe1fLGJA5Y1teeKekZ78BpnwCDwAtg/w400-h300/pearl.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Can the corn. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirEMek6aYhVvFwEFjF25gRlKqXtX-fW1qWTOIQj3zPN9Ylu4LRNZjwFLM8yFbA8fm_Y4erNglC6z85IJ5KEgDeTALPTnRGkOcoiIp8ipUz07yQakSpI8XgOgChKz-MWVkulM7jJJQm2d8h4BrfhR90AZ-ejv2bwptjZjNwST-ot-2ZG5U69G1BGgg5JKof/s1920/pun.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirEMek6aYhVvFwEFjF25gRlKqXtX-fW1qWTOIQj3zPN9Ylu4LRNZjwFLM8yFbA8fm_Y4erNglC6z85IJ5KEgDeTALPTnRGkOcoiIp8ipUz07yQakSpI8XgOgChKz-MWVkulM7jJJQm2d8h4BrfhR90AZ-ejv2bwptjZjNwST-ot-2ZG5U69G1BGgg5JKof/w480-h640/pun.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> Sunrise down the alleyway. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYPvj3AfxUaxGJSsiNL2-64CGT9NaQFuezXIgsFR9ca0ASpc6SWvd64JpJ9dGL7BYmX2_cx1xoWFqrN3loPkwa_xWdAevP0Irwxm6CG9cUcP-ApqsGpUO1SU1lfwHNmOf4SBg4WzAy6vx1zwPTOtSvATx2EdQ919PEBOX4n5zOxYAVyLKvu9Yr0jMpMfU3/s1920/dawn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYPvj3AfxUaxGJSsiNL2-64CGT9NaQFuezXIgsFR9ca0ASpc6SWvd64JpJ9dGL7BYmX2_cx1xoWFqrN3loPkwa_xWdAevP0Irwxm6CG9cUcP-ApqsGpUO1SU1lfwHNmOf4SBg4WzAy6vx1zwPTOtSvATx2EdQ919PEBOX4n5zOxYAVyLKvu9Yr0jMpMfU3/w480-h640/dawn.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> UMass is snowy and sleepy today, but the soon to start spring semester will bring Amherst roaring back to life.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP8ison-eiL9UurTec3rgrSpfTmqQGingRwZXDpNkoMEb78JBSpc2utVWSP1MRZIG41kpm6uHcCX6_Fhl_cKzrA3sZGmjkylnyIMiFCSGUO-k1bwfw_TGXH7okIhDuuXnAjtpaXhQOpxTX7GjFmg5Le7AwBQAd5s6FyvwnsYBP3S_E1uyGnePaMuAnb4Ys/s1920/umass.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP8ison-eiL9UurTec3rgrSpfTmqQGingRwZXDpNkoMEb78JBSpc2utVWSP1MRZIG41kpm6uHcCX6_Fhl_cKzrA3sZGmjkylnyIMiFCSGUO-k1bwfw_TGXH7okIhDuuXnAjtpaXhQOpxTX7GjFmg5Le7AwBQAd5s6FyvwnsYBP3S_E1uyGnePaMuAnb4Ys/w400-h300/umass.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">In the meantime, Amherst is busy tearing up the part of the town common directly across from Townhall. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVVMxaA56yFOKQLybdeQgKQsPjRm8MnI_AIw-WyNJYGdir94nciJN6U5_eJWARQdfrMSW2earwlhWG36SYw71zeTaVrNGnJ9j9JBfr3RqLTociNjJm6_3_jh-XgQGCnFF6ZlQiVVofyfhR6hi3uK23VgLieBaRKKn_BTzM1gHdkKg8UtYMDRncakKWfT7Y/s1920/comone.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVVMxaA56yFOKQLybdeQgKQsPjRm8MnI_AIw-WyNJYGdir94nciJN6U5_eJWARQdfrMSW2earwlhWG36SYw71zeTaVrNGnJ9j9JBfr3RqLTociNjJm6_3_jh-XgQGCnFF6ZlQiVVofyfhR6hi3uK23VgLieBaRKKn_BTzM1gHdkKg8UtYMDRncakKWfT7Y/w400-h300/comone.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiH1oa9LCmWJ9sx-YRrjwcic3i5s_HQLr7OJ3mYDitLEHTHz9kn3gOnoWyGDB8Dfr08rJ4ZJVae4PF5roCLrq1k5dyMP2r1_BDoWkiuHf77O-b04-goCHP503vRf6Q6YFye9rlcmgsfJQRCZFnzra_jjEt3IOtny-3FFtIqyZe-L0MDi00EimwcXeVGvFZ/s1920/comtwo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiH1oa9LCmWJ9sx-YRrjwcic3i5s_HQLr7OJ3mYDitLEHTHz9kn3gOnoWyGDB8Dfr08rJ4ZJVae4PF5roCLrq1k5dyMP2r1_BDoWkiuHf77O-b04-goCHP503vRf6Q6YFye9rlcmgsfJQRCZFnzra_jjEt3IOtny-3FFtIqyZe-L0MDi00EimwcXeVGvFZ/w400-h300/comtwo.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I hope they don't ruin it. Here's a Springfield flashback. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBeUpLaVr0ITOH_UIKHhksC8CZxRZXwN25WSflI8ZCs8Hr54ob43pYrdg2wg1lc-UMRlbtNT7Zwbi4p8gHGNir6qOv6-lCtnjh3ze9wIZdJo5N7ApGNhxvzIX_MDJzstjI8L4QgpoYVGtBUyip9QHUsMeO5r21c0gyUdY0pbhHq-eqV_w1vc5AcP7nD6m0/s204/millie.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="187" data-original-width="204" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBeUpLaVr0ITOH_UIKHhksC8CZxRZXwN25WSflI8ZCs8Hr54ob43pYrdg2wg1lc-UMRlbtNT7Zwbi4p8gHGNir6qOv6-lCtnjh3ze9wIZdJo5N7ApGNhxvzIX_MDJzstjI8L4QgpoYVGtBUyip9QHUsMeO5r21c0gyUdY0pbhHq-eqV_w1vc5AcP7nD6m0/w320-h293/millie.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">That is Silvio Conte, Charlie Ryan, Eddie Boland and Ted Kennedy in 1965.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">photo by mildred dunbar.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I was surprised to stumble upon this actual bumper-sticker for Marianne Williamson, the New Age author running for President as a Democrat. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQA72Xb9SlOXumbE4tW9nVlN7EnrsTpT_fYP14hQwSAWuG4i5sYkYXNAYbDt3zoBpFEhPaM47y-x5ltL_y_I3QqMzeUvvSwomgIPxwTBLcocdJVecGOUlgyb23_CH7j_P45hR2wsQs29H_ZAEvEb_G0-FUHi2AoqjZNRQz0TcCFcq-Jo6r_v_Mavi97SaW/s1920/prez.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQA72Xb9SlOXumbE4tW9nVlN7EnrsTpT_fYP14hQwSAWuG4i5sYkYXNAYbDt3zoBpFEhPaM47y-x5ltL_y_I3QqMzeUvvSwomgIPxwTBLcocdJVecGOUlgyb23_CH7j_P45hR2wsQs29H_ZAEvEb_G0-FUHi2AoqjZNRQz0TcCFcq-Jo6r_v_Mavi97SaW/w400-h300/prez.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="ILfuVd" lang="en"><span class="hgKElc">I suppose she would be better than Joe Biden, but that's a low bar. Williamson has
written 14 books, seven of which have appeared on the <i>New York Times
</i>bestseller list, with four reaching number one. In total she has sold more than
three million books. The question is whether she is seriously running for President on her peace and love platform, or just trying to sell more books. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="ILfuVd" lang="en"><span class="hgKElc">I suspect that Boston bad-boy Marky-Mark does not intend to vote for Ms. Williamson. </span></span></span></p><p><span class="ILfuVd" lang="en"><span class="hgKElc"><br /></span></span></p><p><span class="ILfuVd" lang="en"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCzccaByHnmvUmrXleK08-BWNqvntgiIrkH6bFJgVYHuB7lBbkf3-Sa3wTIpkKhhm5WZN9L0fXoe69NNbaFRBRTZxhtOYuIeVdoHeLVA-jcmg9O43XB3U3wMDI0WImMHCjNQm8jofqjnPsEHBYv556lrTAAzqUuWmnSSZICRjF_FlUFeLSEAgw8Lw-TDTz/s960/marky.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="633" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCzccaByHnmvUmrXleK08-BWNqvntgiIrkH6bFJgVYHuB7lBbkf3-Sa3wTIpkKhhm5WZN9L0fXoe69NNbaFRBRTZxhtOYuIeVdoHeLVA-jcmg9O43XB3U3wMDI0WImMHCjNQm8jofqjnPsEHBYv556lrTAAzqUuWmnSSZICRjF_FlUFeLSEAgw8Lw-TDTz/w422-h640/marky.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><span class="hgKElc"><br /></span><p></p><p><span class="ILfuVd" lang="en"><span class="hgKElc"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5hHjj5wWvuMFKijhNKqyLTVMgudutJiTAeVbfOcIt__PeuJ_-sJvkguhWB5z_pWBCr4VIIrCMczoFAukdv2133cv3lWHyPrPVF-eNoxWJYM8FpAkxOd1d2St6kOcnECyorSX58V7Ii-THMCsDS02Wc35SX7doW7AMxdAmFko73zlz9yOV2VE2_zJG9VRL/s1920/happy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5hHjj5wWvuMFKijhNKqyLTVMgudutJiTAeVbfOcIt__PeuJ_-sJvkguhWB5z_pWBCr4VIIrCMczoFAukdv2133cv3lWHyPrPVF-eNoxWJYM8FpAkxOd1d2St6kOcnECyorSX58V7Ii-THMCsDS02Wc35SX7doW7AMxdAmFko73zlz9yOV2VE2_zJG9VRL/w400-h300/happy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Yeah, overall. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Was in the King Street <i>Dunkin</i> the other day. Despite an occasional remodeling it always looks the same. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOdxEhGHvtHbubFYMKOwjONnGoG7CeX3Xbsi8osag02WMQv_PK9LrlHjozvdZoNnSemz0nIKNCjVinFVLCnMWeX0_9ccxWSHC0-4JTn4pPI-vDfbXoud3fon55rbnWdHnYVAooXfLbdiL7GGno8Qi1cMaaIgDzsHeiD1DvX5lMPEo6gak_CsTjYsWlpv_j/s1920/dunkin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOdxEhGHvtHbubFYMKOwjONnGoG7CeX3Xbsi8osag02WMQv_PK9LrlHjozvdZoNnSemz0nIKNCjVinFVLCnMWeX0_9ccxWSHC0-4JTn4pPI-vDfbXoud3fon55rbnWdHnYVAooXfLbdiL7GGno8Qi1cMaaIgDzsHeiD1DvX5lMPEo6gak_CsTjYsWlpv_j/w400-h300/dunkin.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I was also recently in the Florence <i>Friendly's</i>. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIxTOv5YxJHxD2WlevRFoaBKLBFR5R6VIjqSZ2_wG2_5LdkbJvrJ4Xasr1PVwZO3h_tRP4wY6TLJ-1IZPMT1GaYWnU5P53-nRHwTNAXn-cpY0_9lHfZ89h5PMJ7g8EHQme1usy_emV_d3tx1hBbVYWbZnKXF2Jmn2vCRluyawfYjaNkfu2qjVyfBqYz6vx/s1920/friendly.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIxTOv5YxJHxD2WlevRFoaBKLBFR5R6VIjqSZ2_wG2_5LdkbJvrJ4Xasr1PVwZO3h_tRP4wY6TLJ-1IZPMT1GaYWnU5P53-nRHwTNAXn-cpY0_9lHfZ89h5PMJ7g8EHQme1usy_emV_d3tx1hBbVYWbZnKXF2Jmn2vCRluyawfYjaNkfu2qjVyfBqYz6vx/w400-h300/friendly.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Some say that <i>Friendly's</i> just ain't what it used to be, but they still make a heck of a good milkshake!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It's been snowing around here. Last summer I snapped this pic in a cemetery near my house. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbl88UH_2o_QNof9G_p1NcA6Cdn0mAhiHOEgcdeKoil5CS0G6upVIE0XvDeXLEaffaypkJT7I1CZVBT0Ib417QKUyf47yblZ9cexSp-1Z2px76P114ladfy5JkwKOrJcbNp2iEAKGgKYIthQPxif6IUHZeTpff-GcGf6KjMmtw6A6xcwla_aYj7ToLr6Hp/s1920/treeone.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbl88UH_2o_QNof9G_p1NcA6Cdn0mAhiHOEgcdeKoil5CS0G6upVIE0XvDeXLEaffaypkJT7I1CZVBT0Ib417QKUyf47yblZ9cexSp-1Z2px76P114ladfy5JkwKOrJcbNp2iEAKGgKYIthQPxif6IUHZeTpff-GcGf6KjMmtw6A6xcwla_aYj7ToLr6Hp/w480-h640/treeone.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> <br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Same tree on Sunday. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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night I headed into downtown Hamp, where a crowd had already formed on
King Street for the ceremonial community celebration of the new year.
When I arrived around 11:30pm a lively crowd had already formed. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVsd5MGOFZ1h9URMxnzIyq1Vze1mnhHMu-mogoe_o47vNeeJ8xxI0v7SoirkJP2PoekfiDBCrc-Ayw29aN29d7V17pjhlQuUyWk96g4RC6YAqQQr4tIu7PqBD45IuXjQXCzdlCJyVf5UGSaem3KdtsJQhNDjNITuMgnWYq1h-47_MN7WSrK59PyXGvGNQ/s1920/crowd.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVsd5MGOFZ1h9URMxnzIyq1Vze1mnhHMu-mogoe_o47vNeeJ8xxI0v7SoirkJP2PoekfiDBCrc-Ayw29aN29d7V17pjhlQuUyWk96g4RC6YAqQQr4tIu7PqBD45IuXjQXCzdlCJyVf5UGSaem3KdtsJQhNDjNITuMgnWYq1h-47_MN7WSrK59PyXGvGNQ/w400-h300/crowd.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Unfortunately,
so had a large number of protesters against the Israeli-Gaza war,
complete with fake body bags meant to symbolize Palestinian deaths. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX3YkCaJvJURieOSJAQDWbTTCm4JvOnhGTTrkI8qtipjdL7VO7zGN43vRS8sD5hs7ZthjzcKI2t_adjS3ZNPtTNV42qbj46gyxvI2Tu26lQUQLC_cj6kFqmyrfHHQAACOo8WKbzBPMEWAyVt5k3Q40Pj-aP3LS2vlhE1VJxLx3yZIHmvvYXPKHhC5bH6k/s1920/dead.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX3YkCaJvJURieOSJAQDWbTTCm4JvOnhGTTrkI8qtipjdL7VO7zGN43vRS8sD5hs7ZthjzcKI2t_adjS3ZNPtTNV42qbj46gyxvI2Tu26lQUQLC_cj6kFqmyrfHHQAACOo8WKbzBPMEWAyVt5k3Q40Pj-aP3LS2vlhE1VJxLx3yZIHmvvYXPKHhC5bH6k/w300-h400/dead.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr5v4hx3aJl21omALf3dHxt31jV4x0MKwthumRPV69RNTT4195jG00susyv6DSWaJdq94rPGVk18PZ4FXOU8mVeW-aHn1gQiPjuKpIRmLr-UqpwunL7rVWSdDSU2G72FApXr0W0islHkz4oXgxGzTvr745RckWrufYLurhUG5UbWprBDV-XrLQJyPVFF0/s1920/cease.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr5v4hx3aJl21omALf3dHxt31jV4x0MKwthumRPV69RNTT4195jG00susyv6DSWaJdq94rPGVk18PZ4FXOU8mVeW-aHn1gQiPjuKpIRmLr-UqpwunL7rVWSdDSU2G72FApXr0W0islHkz4oXgxGzTvr745RckWrufYLurhUG5UbWprBDV-XrLQJyPVFF0/w400-h300/cease.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">As
a First Amendment absolutist and good government advocate, I am always
pleased on some level to see citizens speaking out and engaging in the
political process. I feel this way even when the activism is taking
place on behalf of issues about which I disagree, as I do on this
controversy. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Frankly,
these protests confuse me. What exactly do the protesters want? The
Palestinians of Gaza have suffered many years under the cruel
dictatorship of Hamas. Israel is now in the process of liberating Gaza
from Hamas control, thereby freeing the Palestinians and clearing the way to a brighter future for the entire region. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">A
cease fire would short-circuit Israel's efforts to liberate Gaza,
leaving the Hamas oppressors still in power. How can that be the right
solution? Those who want peace and who sympathize with the civilians
inadvertently killed as part of the liberation process should be
protesting instead the refusal of Hamas to unconditionally surrender.
They should also be urging Israel to redouble its military efforts in
order to obtain total victory as quickly as possible and thereby end the
bloodshed and free the people of Gaza. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I
think the Hamp New Years protesters also made a tactical error. They
were very noisy, so much so that at some points you couldn't hear the
festive music that was being played over load speakers to accompany the
occasion. As midnight approached protesters with bullhorns were mindlessly chanting "Let Gaza
Live" over and over again. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The racket clearly annoyed a lot of people in
the audience, and several times I heard people in the crowd shouting,
"Shut up!" and even a few wails of "SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!" I suspect that
the protesters, through their disruptive conduct, may have hurt their
cause more than helped it. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Oh
well, none of that nonsense prevented the crowd from joyously singing,
laughing and dancing with delight as the hour struck midnight and the scene exploded into psychedelic colors. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0OBawVc7v-xtDq-Uv_fAiHDY1DkLB6g_mhAT5TZANXDr00Jxt7y-x_4ki8tb9WtNsDwmUmJAf41c_9YtlnC_-RY1wzpd3Bu4BpkC_zuap1oVEaQikL2udDjIRbUTBrm1zM85q5stNjN0kosatlpzaXOZ11PZq9TsQlDnZ6UryzHSxjxgHz9CTS8XvHzc/s1920/ball.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0OBawVc7v-xtDq-Uv_fAiHDY1DkLB6g_mhAT5TZANXDr00Jxt7y-x_4ki8tb9WtNsDwmUmJAf41c_9YtlnC_-RY1wzpd3Bu4BpkC_zuap1oVEaQikL2udDjIRbUTBrm1zM85q5stNjN0kosatlpzaXOZ11PZq9TsQlDnZ6UryzHSxjxgHz9CTS8XvHzc/w400-h300/ball.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> I think this is going to be a great year. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieaW12LC3ZySUUYwJ7iSFy93hNRcz1KAYLkehJTUyK6bOzis55KaArE8zJ08_d4QcPJVBnWwFBsZBaX6WZx9xhkvr56TKSFR7Zuvp0J8q9cz6ZMKAC52ezDMqXoU8pT6vlOuTEiOkfKWwvn4vBX5OS-3lQbaweoWve_nap4UJ_xSxJaH5RtBfV4HlzdTaF/s701/me.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="526" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieaW12LC3ZySUUYwJ7iSFy93hNRcz1KAYLkehJTUyK6bOzis55KaArE8zJ08_d4QcPJVBnWwFBsZBaX6WZx9xhkvr56TKSFR7Zuvp0J8q9cz6ZMKAC52ezDMqXoU8pT6vlOuTEiOkfKWwvn4vBX5OS-3lQbaweoWve_nap4UJ_xSxJaH5RtBfV4HlzdTaF/w300-h400/me.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Overseeing
the New Year festivities from his courthouse perch was Silent Cal. No
matter what goes down, he never expresses an opinion. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-L3NwEhMyrbGZhgh_lJUDqvKUgJhj00MfL1vDIj0e7UNzk8j35YYufz_SCiq2VK6eVs-1Cy4JLzyau1ViQRannk-HvGLHjp6OhFlZ4wi_q0LULeIVF4z87NXRvK3IU1rgqpHzwk3ot2QVGKeOYrXmA5MOPVqG5vyk8XYdzj4DT2-O1zG2LVEwQkKp1uc/s1920/claview.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-L3NwEhMyrbGZhgh_lJUDqvKUgJhj00MfL1vDIj0e7UNzk8j35YYufz_SCiq2VK6eVs-1Cy4JLzyau1ViQRannk-HvGLHjp6OhFlZ4wi_q0LULeIVF4z87NXRvK3IU1rgqpHzwk3ot2QVGKeOYrXmA5MOPVqG5vyk8XYdzj4DT2-O1zG2LVEwQkKp1uc/w400-h300/claview.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">But I don't think he liked it back in 2009 when some prankster turned him into Hitler. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi87oERDyaUWIwdioqf3IFWjdAXxKkL8XEORMKiIolvFxsHSVTbmaq1_n2oJcG5c-_nCTuReLA1lZw_GIvWWriT6l6jccDW7zIajK1XGeN1kHj3tv7i8ZJPFBmJ6I-tklq7ZMlpHZ9dI_w-In0uc5T64c30aeQxleH3AjI1eCj6PNL1TUTnxzRJ6KNsD7U/s351/calhit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="347" data-original-width="351" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi87oERDyaUWIwdioqf3IFWjdAXxKkL8XEORMKiIolvFxsHSVTbmaq1_n2oJcG5c-_nCTuReLA1lZw_GIvWWriT6l6jccDW7zIajK1XGeN1kHj3tv7i8ZJPFBmJ6I-tklq7ZMlpHZ9dI_w-In0uc5T64c30aeQxleH3AjI1eCj6PNL1TUTnxzRJ6KNsD7U/w400-h395/calhit.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">2024
marks the end of the centennial year of the Coolidge presidency, which
was celebrated all year with exhibits and events at the Forbes Library. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjszLMW2f_YAc230YH2kN7TdwGB2d0Fi1liIiJkFV6wPGhHwP6fjEk2ZtPseYid8xOZ4KxdoYl0ECsdMT8Xc1d5j484GqX7EuD4k7kVbM_U3K0Cm99HOphOe7D7Kiz2tErxwKhrX7lxWRXteGFcpf7XX8Cj6C2on6T4BGdolIE4Cr1VYmFdalGwuUPysz0/s1920/cancen.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjszLMW2f_YAc230YH2kN7TdwGB2d0Fi1liIiJkFV6wPGhHwP6fjEk2ZtPseYid8xOZ4KxdoYl0ECsdMT8Xc1d5j484GqX7EuD4k7kVbM_U3K0Cm99HOphOe7D7Kiz2tErxwKhrX7lxWRXteGFcpf7XX8Cj6C2on6T4BGdolIE4Cr1VYmFdalGwuUPysz0/w400-h300/cancen.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Words of presidential wisdom. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoH-AP4UgW2k5jmqLjDn8Sfg4ZpJ5zuCFb7yvgSYl-ctXKlqTaDMjQt_H01vhhhSd7WsnPCHZ6zPma1UmEub3N32EDahhr0TS2al6byIvXVQqwduG6qqe-R2Jrc6Px1ErSpaWk32DHsq9hrZMkqod-sPCJ8Yi0a2bP8a3b5MgfJFz8x7Ywel1VzP3IQdU/s1920/luck.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoH-AP4UgW2k5jmqLjDn8Sfg4ZpJ5zuCFb7yvgSYl-ctXKlqTaDMjQt_H01vhhhSd7WsnPCHZ6zPma1UmEub3N32EDahhr0TS2al6byIvXVQqwduG6qqe-R2Jrc6Px1ErSpaWk32DHsq9hrZMkqod-sPCJ8Yi0a2bP8a3b5MgfJFz8x7Ywel1VzP3IQdU/w400-h300/luck.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">A Christmas tree in Springfield's Union Station. </span><span style="font-size: small;">photo by b. mass </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmbqS1MxW6hmw0w2TGVTSE4IItYnZoQLkxgxa8fHJLMdTGqqrHCdg-dY67gSgH0a-HJawM8O2crEgrpZCdHrTUwG7VwR-HKaMDNObxheMSsjXCejoi3HBiylneQhkXhyphenhyphena68V74Rcv9vsjQ523Ibm56ls-18NsW8DnBYqIYWVzWNMKYszOqnpiL23WG-8Ax/s2048/tree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1542" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmbqS1MxW6hmw0w2TGVTSE4IItYnZoQLkxgxa8fHJLMdTGqqrHCdg-dY67gSgH0a-HJawM8O2crEgrpZCdHrTUwG7VwR-HKaMDNObxheMSsjXCejoi3HBiylneQhkXhyphenhyphena68V74Rcv9vsjQ523Ibm56ls-18NsW8DnBYqIYWVzWNMKYszOqnpiL23WG-8Ax/w482-h640/tree.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">In
Boston this week they unveiled the official portrait of former Governor
Charlie Baker that will hang for eternity in the statehouse along with
the portraits of all the other former governors. An interesting detail
is that a cellphone is shown sitting on the Governor's desk, the first
time a computer has appeared in a gubernatorial portrait. No doubt a
dark snicker could be heard from the depths of AI.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0TkvDMmnEPk13lcDY3NfNqnUFYcf80KjrK5LzMu6jnd8jWTZHIBQZPzbSQBEFtPdYGdnTJp94IglTLDUG7oGn0wvWDkys6guiCGh5V2pAEig7aAedYXiRdq_Pnox5_yaRmLM1s0tbjLVnICFIHGKOuuRRkH81JrN6_mIokLv4NuZqpBNCAH8srR6YT78/s1000/baker.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="1000" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0TkvDMmnEPk13lcDY3NfNqnUFYcf80KjrK5LzMu6jnd8jWTZHIBQZPzbSQBEFtPdYGdnTJp94IglTLDUG7oGn0wvWDkys6guiCGh5V2pAEig7aAedYXiRdq_Pnox5_yaRmLM1s0tbjLVnICFIHGKOuuRRkH81JrN6_mIokLv4NuZqpBNCAH8srR6YT78/w400-h268/baker.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Poor <a href="https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/mass-blogger-known-turtleboy-shares-message-jail-days-after-judge-revoked-his-bail/GIQNUFLVYFGGVM76ANYNIKYADM/">Turtleboy</a>. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCs9YJLSrH_1HLieWQ3G0fmKZxlZ9GdEXi_UDm7uGRWU1pzI2TxnQWYm0mdrPWdkVgN05NbwHgntWq3Q3GHvwO0z9zS_mtK_lxxe92TWwuJeovL0T-bazMfoJ_9gsdheMMKwGkE1TI_WhFI0iipp9QWVFT9wNqhzfNICWm9wvsG3BJrjh75Frwmdf7gZCt/s934/nealc.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="934" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCs9YJLSrH_1HLieWQ3G0fmKZxlZ9GdEXi_UDm7uGRWU1pzI2TxnQWYm0mdrPWdkVgN05NbwHgntWq3Q3GHvwO0z9zS_mtK_lxxe92TWwuJeovL0T-bazMfoJ_9gsdheMMKwGkE1TI_WhFI0iipp9QWVFT9wNqhzfNICWm9wvsG3BJrjh75Frwmdf7gZCt/w400-h249/nealc.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://commonwealthbeacon.org/government/richie-neal-wants-to-make-a-deal/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Mass++raises+eyebrows+with+offshore+wind+security+deposit+stance&utm_campaign=DL+12-14-23">Read all about it here.</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This is the old Newman Center at UMass, which has been standing vacant for months. The property is now owned by the university. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDRIs5t6MHHW0MpYFsnB-fQaiSJBIOSiUCL1h5tMNMT8eiq-RJx_6fJfHp9e9p7lA6jSTS6rMlvNHCtDeTAXQ0Uff-caea1s5OEdD751xQI7XJOE7PbQn9mGdnfydJtml66dUKFRY7vjSezEIlC4WvdoUa2R2xy-ufOFJnZYMWSp2uCrYiAbbDXFsf-dOh/s1920/old.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDRIs5t6MHHW0MpYFsnB-fQaiSJBIOSiUCL1h5tMNMT8eiq-RJx_6fJfHp9e9p7lA6jSTS6rMlvNHCtDeTAXQ0Uff-caea1s5OEdD751xQI7XJOE7PbQn9mGdnfydJtml66dUKFRY7vjSezEIlC4WvdoUa2R2xy-ufOFJnZYMWSp2uCrYiAbbDXFsf-dOh/w400-h300/old.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">They will probably tear it down and build something new on the site. I hate to see the old place go because architecturally it reminds me of the church structures I was familiar with in my youth. Here is the new, more modern looking Newman Center located just across the street. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfgawHziZx9VXevqS9wuT3H0T1yswF63m830SqW76PKakWXk0w76rAgO_5hq821bRm1sVI1u6pYn_kW1eiBW-J0AumFE9prEkPEhzD6__ChMfu4TAmM36UOUi8nloo0HDT_5jpNJ_SzpisYoDa71TdfFEB0QDKRdH8vbDdMOxOp8dI4kd_LW3-VK7Mi1Mb/s1920/new.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfgawHziZx9VXevqS9wuT3H0T1yswF63m830SqW76PKakWXk0w76rAgO_5hq821bRm1sVI1u6pYn_kW1eiBW-J0AumFE9prEkPEhzD6__ChMfu4TAmM36UOUi8nloo0HDT_5jpNJ_SzpisYoDa71TdfFEB0QDKRdH8vbDdMOxOp8dI4kd_LW3-VK7Mi1Mb/w400-h300/new.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It is truly beautiful inside</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizwaa8x6Yz0KyKRip5vRIrnRQrEBPT1ndPG6b2Fcs0FnLNsUjcaKVgnwBLvkt0YBeAuBj09GO4snYVcTYG05tX1p9i6tE8bPj8beGGj1dpyywk-iK36wuVwtNfUX4cQWFmp5_w-Ul38rJZpz47MSBi81eFnaw-cB3BZsNzu4Dbq-fOYbbDFD7h4hBJN8hS/s1920/church.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizwaa8x6Yz0KyKRip5vRIrnRQrEBPT1ndPG6b2Fcs0FnLNsUjcaKVgnwBLvkt0YBeAuBj09GO4snYVcTYG05tX1p9i6tE8bPj8beGGj1dpyywk-iK36wuVwtNfUX4cQWFmp5_w-Ul38rJZpz47MSBi81eFnaw-cB3BZsNzu4Dbq-fOYbbDFD7h4hBJN8hS/w400-h300/church.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The best part of the old Newman Center was its basement cafeteria, which had the cheapest prices on campus. The new one also has a cafeteria, but it is smaller than the old one. Thankfully, they kept the same menu. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhTi6j0vS4dQ6I8yZA3_nzDY1OzV9jwQfEOAFoZNSrj51FHymV9oWvzIoLQLJKUgoV80ju5Y7LWDZUCB3ujZFvcTRp_CN6YpsrlmjmWJXOXTDTlbSog2hPWYljuNMQ-7eKxQ2BeY1Ym2eosWQngcc65744p7nTdmiutiHChVPUBo6HN8mvu3zwVGWvhbA2/s1920/cafe.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhTi6j0vS4dQ6I8yZA3_nzDY1OzV9jwQfEOAFoZNSrj51FHymV9oWvzIoLQLJKUgoV80ju5Y7LWDZUCB3ujZFvcTRp_CN6YpsrlmjmWJXOXTDTlbSog2hPWYljuNMQ-7eKxQ2BeY1Ym2eosWQngcc65744p7nTdmiutiHChVPUBo6HN8mvu3zwVGWvhbA2/w400-h300/cafe.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">There are religious pamphlets on offer. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrTwmKyTwJuY3NyAJyPnnjx2VsYJ-sw4jl4Miwqwoo7w3R7p0DrE4LHvYISLObCvpi-QzA4jGfwi-bh_roItd6SN4UNBVeA8VqAtk_8HqKayWPpkQrtvDGTYD_-LTiuf6lhkV9UXSleD5H9KAHMq5Lg73VbXigb5hyvrki9l0lx0VfdgcvVItb6b7MG8Sc/s1920/serve.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrTwmKyTwJuY3NyAJyPnnjx2VsYJ-sw4jl4Miwqwoo7w3R7p0DrE4LHvYISLObCvpi-QzA4jGfwi-bh_roItd6SN4UNBVeA8VqAtk_8HqKayWPpkQrtvDGTYD_-LTiuf6lhkV9UXSleD5H9KAHMq5Lg73VbXigb5hyvrki9l0lx0VfdgcvVItb6b7MG8Sc/w480-h640/serve.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Some of the literature discusses controversial subjects. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq4brwjq6eWfV4lIkeyXjSX0jTSmQA38APMIucyHabW8YZ4vxd1CHPNuDtO_NTgHMkuydfjWO9TcH_700AFnpRwKXA_C53VxyMm0syk0xddvBOH8DDCfSlfx9RF0dIW10WAO7z0qfzn4YSY4374Ib-klHjVEUWwYQxLiIw6TfTGtLp1qH6488qys0RwK-T/s1400/trans.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1016" data-original-width="1400" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq4brwjq6eWfV4lIkeyXjSX0jTSmQA38APMIucyHabW8YZ4vxd1CHPNuDtO_NTgHMkuydfjWO9TcH_700AFnpRwKXA_C53VxyMm0syk0xddvBOH8DDCfSlfx9RF0dIW10WAO7z0qfzn4YSY4374Ib-klHjVEUWwYQxLiIw6TfTGtLp1qH6488qys0RwK-T/w400-h290/trans.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The Catholics fit right in on a campus that often delves into controversial issues, not all of which need to be taken too seriously. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiIKPM85L8hCEHsLoIut9V0foe4WNi-6l-cRLlCDHQgMl-jtw81SILZ8Tto119p5T3rTXVuq585rDCKzJBI-8ulnuZVnRa_ULqI8EbNLsuPtx22ncG76scG5GW-qLXXhwRwV2LVWhtel4wGyCXWDvMXi6giVmDNYv1jcFaXsTCa1_8ruT9PVlLeuVhj7GN/s1920/umpd.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiIKPM85L8hCEHsLoIut9V0foe4WNi-6l-cRLlCDHQgMl-jtw81SILZ8Tto119p5T3rTXVuq585rDCKzJBI-8ulnuZVnRa_ULqI8EbNLsuPtx22ncG76scG5GW-qLXXhwRwV2LVWhtel4wGyCXWDvMXi6giVmDNYv1jcFaXsTCa1_8ruT9PVlLeuVhj7GN/w400-h300/umpd.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Melodramatic skies over Northampton's First Church at sunset by r. vinocur.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSObZlJyTivBtBHOuf6EtgCmnHu2mW72YIyOYjUqkQZsDQmM8leXzPlAc-6CPi7O-BkwXLodT8vG9C7qWEq6YfLWG5WD0wS5AE2DdnIv2EcqP7-dvCVh3lObYK1aXS1lGRCs4kl_a-DPWUN8CKeJtB4WB1pozmXO8Qn_ZxbzqOVy2ilcfD4BILISuZ_jV5/s680/fchurch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="471" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSObZlJyTivBtBHOuf6EtgCmnHu2mW72YIyOYjUqkQZsDQmM8leXzPlAc-6CPi7O-BkwXLodT8vG9C7qWEq6YfLWG5WD0wS5AE2DdnIv2EcqP7-dvCVh3lObYK1aXS1lGRCs4kl_a-DPWUN8CKeJtB4WB1pozmXO8Qn_ZxbzqOVy2ilcfD4BILISuZ_jV5/w444-h640/fchurch.jpg" width="444" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;"> The other night I was at the <a href="https://www.iconicasocialclub.com/"><i>Iconica Cafe</i></a>. <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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December 9 2023, by j. ziff</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGHY00hS5MqiTrvfSJQTlzZCzANlclXVlf1YhQDADUBZqudJZPcccCEqik2_o4yMJgT9N97W_6A73RqYvYpzAf3BoCoZN2Q-lgC08QS0aQBmpBAI5UhWWbhYcpmrOGiYcTOqv_8aFVQ51Z8wsz6C8LWH4kA5lr33e-HCjPTY1ulA5ePXZ_Qn7PJtTBKHRX/s680/scantic.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="680" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGHY00hS5MqiTrvfSJQTlzZCzANlclXVlf1YhQDADUBZqudJZPcccCEqik2_o4yMJgT9N97W_6A73RqYvYpzAf3BoCoZN2Q-lgC08QS0aQBmpBAI5UhWWbhYcpmrOGiYcTOqv_8aFVQ51Z8wsz6C8LWH4kA5lr33e-HCjPTY1ulA5ePXZ_Qn7PJtTBKHRX/w400-h300/scantic.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;"> Liberty loving grinder shop on Liberty Street in Springfield. </span></span></p><p><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;"> </span></p><p><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="text-overflow: unset;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuzlnnjGEE_jYAoGDVluQMNimlxwMwKZ1DeFn9ccmJArJJUw8MnYXVjx9eWtBpYPICXzWEiwj5KhMJz4Kal6eVBiHU1_hmV18kf9GtXWL-vhPNyEQdIIArIclsXNDZ2cbgs0Zq0rmfwk4uzHnunnG_Ly7lNLSVYR1Qx6pBWGWXIHsq5TuQQC900uwcCfDN/s1024/wprst.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="940" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuzlnnjGEE_jYAoGDVluQMNimlxwMwKZ1DeFn9ccmJArJJUw8MnYXVjx9eWtBpYPICXzWEiwj5KhMJz4Kal6eVBiHU1_hmV18kf9GtXWL-vhPNyEQdIIArIclsXNDZ2cbgs0Zq0rmfwk4uzHnunnG_Ly7lNLSVYR1Qx6pBWGWXIHsq5TuQQC900uwcCfDN/w368-h400/wprst.png" width="368" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i> </i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Afro-Am Point of View</i> is everything you would hope to see in an ethnic oriented community newspaper. It has a wide range of journalists, columnists, poets and photographers who really succeed in covering a wide array of Springfield area news. In fact, it would be too limiting to describe it as a newspaper for the Black community. The truth is that every person in our Valley, regardless of ethnic or political background, would benefit from reading this paper regularly. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The prime mover behind <i>Afr-Am</i> is editor-in-chief Frederick Hurst, a longtime Springfield attorney and politico who has unsuccessfully sought election to public office in the past. His family members have had greater success, including his wife and daughter. However, the real political achiever in the family has been Hurst's son Justin, who was <a href="https://www.westernmassnews.com/2023/11/08/domenic-sarno-defeats-justin-hurst-win-re-election-springfield-mayor/">recently defeated</a> for Mayor of Springfield by the longtime incumbent Dominic Sarno. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Dear ol' Dad isn't taking it too well, as he makes clear in a front page editorial on the latest edition of his paper. Regardless of your politics, it is a hell of an entertaining - and is many ways enlightening - read. Editor Hurst has some very strong and clearly expressed opinions about why his son will not be choosing the curtain colors in the mayoral chambers next year, and Hurst is not at all shy about making his opinions known. A sampler of some of his more scathing rebukes:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>The fact is that Springfield is a majority-minority city that continues to be politically dominated by an Irish/Italian conglomerate (mafia?) that wants to stay in power forever.... </i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Money has corrupted a lot of well-meaning people, especially many of those who run nonprofits....Mayor Sarno controls more discretionary money than any Springfield Mayor in my lifetime (and I'm older than most of the non-profits). And Sarno is a vindictive man.<br /></i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>....among the many who need to be exposed the most, people like George Bruce, Bud Williams, Jay Griffin and Cee Jackson, and others who have long ago been compromised by money and the mere illusion of personal and political power and their obsessive love of White people....And Bishop Talbert Swan is another one. Who knows what he stands for? </i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>They will never stop serving their "master" because some are simply weak by nature and others think money is God and "master" controls the money, which in their minds means "master" is God. Neither of these folks will ever go away. We generally refer to them as "Uncle Toms." </i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>I'm told Lavar Click-Bruce is a good person. But a good person who is a confused person is a useless and often dangerous person. He's certainly not a leader....Click-Bruce, like so many others, is allowing himself to be used by Sarno as a servile puppet. </i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>We all know that Bud Williams lives in Ward 7 and hasn't lived in Ward 4 or 5 for so many years and that he couldn't care less about the well-being of Black folks and for most other folks of color, except when he wants a photo-op. You all talk about him behind his back all the time but nobody wants to speak up. Why? He's a joke at home and in Boston. </i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Please Attorney Hurst, tell us how you <i>really</i> feel! Of course such frank and informed candor can only be praised, especially in a political culture like Springfield, where straight talk of any kind is exceedingly rare. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The question is, what happens next? The Democrat party machine in Springfield is notorious for its viciousness in consigning their enemies to political oblivion. Will Justin Hurst be charged with his role in the bizarre vote buying <a href="https://tommydevine.blogspot.com/2023/11/election-scandal.html">scandal</a> pushed by the <i>Springfield Newspapers</i>? Will Sarno's black supporters come through with their threat to organize an advertiser boycott of <i>Afro-Am Point of View</i>? Only time will tell whether Justin ends up in a prison cell as his father is driven into bankruptcy court. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">You really should read Hurst's entire editorial yourself, which you can do by <a href="https://afampointofview.com/category/editorial/">clicking here</a>. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Meanwhile, this is the Dr. Seuss chair across from my house. Doesn't it look like something that someone from Whoville might recline upon?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0WnH9crhg3_gPCajoEAgb37PqWe0mtJ1XlNdJej55vxyhZMrrH7xGwBQtmi0n3ep9rESXSA8WveZR-z0EFaAClGQ4HCe_OejhXr419H8jU_vT62Ho9wn9q647OmOHwEMNCfm71HFua9-b6vg425y9JTIk1GXP5GRqrayFOrCnWXNEpPY0KYcaatAIxQbt/s1280/profit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="839" data-original-width="1280" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0WnH9crhg3_gPCajoEAgb37PqWe0mtJ1XlNdJej55vxyhZMrrH7xGwBQtmi0n3ep9rESXSA8WveZR-z0EFaAClGQ4HCe_OejhXr419H8jU_vT62Ho9wn9q647OmOHwEMNCfm71HFua9-b6vg425y9JTIk1GXP5GRqrayFOrCnWXNEpPY0KYcaatAIxQbt/w400-h263/profit.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Nearby are these fine feathered friends. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXorOUXe4A9avs2qUkyN7PoAspe1siIhUNw-L4IHEgPKQykCTWVP_UTFsQgjBbjADssub2B3PJvSjCu3smx1uxmywgxLntpOgnEJtOo7NHsh2-cS9T_4fhzrx21cyyNHPh5aZ9DBp4SadNiWlPQlEMyL1zeSkqI3NY5mdT-WBrlcH4bdCK-57aouoaqxWQ/w400-h300/gaza.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I am a strong supporter of freedom for the Palestinian people, but that is something that can never be achieved while the blood-thirsty dictatorship of Hamas is still in power. Therefore, I hope the Israelis press on with full force in their war of liberation in Gaza so that the Palestinian people can finally be freed and the bloodshed ended as the war is brought to a positive conclusion. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMOBk39uOQ29eF7bXanw-tlNlFWltXK1CktF0htexHicESQ_HrN3c5PfUx6JNtM84ZiTQXe7atYASurHvTpbTDAt44GOy3sYxFC_MNcaxsLiPqOkWxN4Wq1S56trzrMbNG57sH1kCv8ynxCbqlcelLq8IHTKkl_jHsSEg3cx48kZCH1udfO1rdUbxEzGIs/s680/ireland.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="493" data-original-width="680" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMOBk39uOQ29eF7bXanw-tlNlFWltXK1CktF0htexHicESQ_HrN3c5PfUx6JNtM84ZiTQXe7atYASurHvTpbTDAt44GOy3sYxFC_MNcaxsLiPqOkWxN4Wq1S56trzrMbNG57sH1kCv8ynxCbqlcelLq8IHTKkl_jHsSEg3cx48kZCH1udfO1rdUbxEzGIs/w400-h290/ireland.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Somehow my free invitation to this event got lost in the mail. </span><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYUgD8mBtIqFRfzbbqnlWHq-MH-7m20dEtihOsucJ8b95QJtRrBBxaEcqj9QPPJAyZKu8BMlwHnUzYPz46yJu6QrsHxhv2sITamrh8g7nWRJJZM9Y4rQveNoOqWdOeEC0cox6eyLLzfiouuoNjF-PfS8IFazk_8iQdbd9JBkldjVI_NKkm1Xw8g0mORujf/s1920/masonic.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYUgD8mBtIqFRfzbbqnlWHq-MH-7m20dEtihOsucJ8b95QJtRrBBxaEcqj9QPPJAyZKu8BMlwHnUzYPz46yJu6QrsHxhv2sITamrh8g7nWRJJZM9Y4rQveNoOqWdOeEC0cox6eyLLzfiouuoNjF-PfS8IFazk_8iQdbd9JBkldjVI_NKkm1Xw8g0mORujf/w400-h300/masonic.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">However, the other day I missed the bus and was looking for a place to hang out other than waiting outdoors at Pulaski Park, so I stopped in to sit and stare at my phone until the next bus came. I was the only person in there, although washers and driers were noisily running. That's because a lot of laundry patrons spend their wait-time sipping next door in <i>Packard's</i>. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRr6bjzGphFd4_9ty2YaUS15S-ic71CFS4NmQPMi0ylAN50DGvA_ZI9WSObEscmfcRqw07PfklCHyQUb49C1R1bkx-r149rQf7vdIgE5YuNhRTsgskr0bhlPSujC7vq9UYRuvJxE9SUEoLS528OH-25Vbu3L4O217B0_v-DqdCpqOvgyl2otBfo4VnjBZA/s1920/packards.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRr6bjzGphFd4_9ty2YaUS15S-ic71CFS4NmQPMi0ylAN50DGvA_ZI9WSObEscmfcRqw07PfklCHyQUb49C1R1bkx-r149rQf7vdIgE5YuNhRTsgskr0bhlPSujC7vq9UYRuvJxE9SUEoLS528OH-25Vbu3L4O217B0_v-DqdCpqOvgyl2otBfo4VnjBZA/w400-h300/packards.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I took advantage of my solitude to explore the joint. They have some old books and magazines for those who don't want to drink at <i>Packard's</i>. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggMMdA1-1OK2dxGs-9wbbZaAHcXeVVfcxceVyEsSlS845Qv2i8dsz9LoIMcsH2jJw6YV0qJOaPCtEq2leqLUY4LQJafr2-oeXn3pzI4tUyrxSnVjeMuzzB3DAdcwSdjgw2pfQPflCmof9_W3jxiaPSVm1lCjygYgXdAuBRrk9gGT0H6wF3LksBbeDy3F67/s1920/shelf.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggMMdA1-1OK2dxGs-9wbbZaAHcXeVVfcxceVyEsSlS845Qv2i8dsz9LoIMcsH2jJw6YV0qJOaPCtEq2leqLUY4LQJafr2-oeXn3pzI4tUyrxSnVjeMuzzB3DAdcwSdjgw2pfQPflCmof9_W3jxiaPSVm1lCjygYgXdAuBRrk9gGT0H6wF3LksBbeDy3F67/w480-h640/shelf.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This pin-up wall is dedicated to all the lost socks that have never been retrieved by their owners. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQEr-mPT7sq-yLYOZlIlmvg4LqU92HYO9EjSYiAO9k496IIjToM4R38NEksPoSYA5j5FcNkDbUspsbuYh8u9QpCGBgxl8QZ_7aw3m25QQrsjZ53g_HmcQ2TH_EqJZYqpuf_lEZxIOC5rVIPovwuk-H-jf-N7jx0aKQ9S16Hj5jjMf55v7Zg1CW0OVH8vjb/s1920/socks.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQEr-mPT7sq-yLYOZlIlmvg4LqU92HYO9EjSYiAO9k496IIjToM4R38NEksPoSYA5j5FcNkDbUspsbuYh8u9QpCGBgxl8QZ_7aw3m25QQrsjZ53g_HmcQ2TH_EqJZYqpuf_lEZxIOC5rVIPovwuk-H-jf-N7jx0aKQ9S16Hj5jjMf55v7Zg1CW0OVH8vjb/w400-h300/socks.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I was surprised to see photos and drawings hanging up. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiW6Eww-VakMY-8hXy4T49ZQKRhHB4f_Uv22FTrCX0XH42xS96hv-Z4Q3A4v6dJKZ2QFm4FcQlcLSl09Nh7oN-B2LmD5E3WKEg70MvmlLhuDu06ZTthbsDBbv7wDkBnFezu_u-CiRoGEjmDt8i673kJWlxM_fd_YPNToEtZsN8UvKKWchVJIr0MyqByKvl/s1920/pinup.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiW6Eww-VakMY-8hXy4T49ZQKRhHB4f_Uv22FTrCX0XH42xS96hv-Z4Q3A4v6dJKZ2QFm4FcQlcLSl09Nh7oN-B2LmD5E3WKEg70MvmlLhuDu06ZTthbsDBbv7wDkBnFezu_u-CiRoGEjmDt8i673kJWlxM_fd_YPNToEtZsN8UvKKWchVJIr0MyqByKvl/w400-h300/pinup.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Most impressive is this section featuring old posters from the local music scene. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-VkHrY9bZQlBYWCtvxySj8InJMDYMPQPMOhN9pDFu0L1beX-39kiUORqGpRv4oGkCHqzkMqzxAx2I_UgDWBbzNDFpBCxb-uZI3mVlqvinC6ZfIT7MXhimXZa4qzPht3RnMOK-VMmJ4rEff2AFCjdSe05TdPZSunKgVK0Ls8nmQHCSqZ4-YH1h2L3jV5RB/s1920/wallart.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-VkHrY9bZQlBYWCtvxySj8InJMDYMPQPMOhN9pDFu0L1beX-39kiUORqGpRv4oGkCHqzkMqzxAx2I_UgDWBbzNDFpBCxb-uZI3mVlqvinC6ZfIT7MXhimXZa4qzPht3RnMOK-VMmJ4rEff2AFCjdSe05TdPZSunKgVK0Ls8nmQHCSqZ4-YH1h2L3jV5RB/w400-h300/wallart.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIYGOLHXJsgpcvq3JcIRNEwIE7YoNvabU9gbjD-nO5fe502rr1y3kCeI2DdtINKU0qQQICdklIgDRVFzNgUt0s9DWmjMLUg2HPsKqaqiC2lOSmmgIyux98okclainOUUbMdmvjYVM1PEFtg_f8FxjCQprdBiOXIk90-v_QCgbU786vkBaUImw0jwvML__G/s1920/posters.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIYGOLHXJsgpcvq3JcIRNEwIE7YoNvabU9gbjD-nO5fe502rr1y3kCeI2DdtINKU0qQQICdklIgDRVFzNgUt0s9DWmjMLUg2HPsKqaqiC2lOSmmgIyux98okclainOUUbMdmvjYVM1PEFtg_f8FxjCQprdBiOXIk90-v_QCgbU786vkBaUImw0jwvML__G/w480-h640/posters.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Gee, I guess I really do live in an "Arts Town" if even a laundromat serves as an art gallery. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The entrance to Grace Church in Amherst before dawn. </span><span style="font-size: small;">photo by d.sears</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPVRqMzUZZm0663mg0qtsd7snZWqd6IxYRl9sldxyYku5LlBnFUfVUldTn1chgVfpfpMTyC4v2EDz7Gi2Rh4qecidj2IGimnVy8qu2eP01U7CY-RlHztzH8uJ9SeQXDzjD7bRzNTTTy7mgfkDna7uKwPEiieS4OjvS4VBw6FzngVwMnjPpX71QVDuoXkOL/s712/grace.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPVRqMzUZZm0663mg0qtsd7snZWqd6IxYRl9sldxyYku5LlBnFUfVUldTn1chgVfpfpMTyC4v2EDz7Gi2Rh4qecidj2IGimnVy8qu2eP01U7CY-RlHztzH8uJ9SeQXDzjD7bRzNTTTy7mgfkDna7uKwPEiieS4OjvS4VBw6FzngVwMnjPpX71QVDuoXkOL/w472-h640/grace.jpg" width="472" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Downtown Springfield on a Sunday in 1974. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz7j1VVRNOSQhUcvJNX_l-aX5cE4mHo_DUOtyR2OmeI1t0kdZL2jg4_7_pK10QBKrAb1QFTK_hSxzmHdCs3XbcsDg_CjLq0ecFf3SSuPY0KB_ZP1Ku-ZDh-OmqhVrpsbv0mkz2tKN2yVMqzyuvM0nYHLqjzImWbxQmgRPHcUhWdBtBUEudAk3BZTJ-xxAj/s679/downtown.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="679" data-original-width="440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz7j1VVRNOSQhUcvJNX_l-aX5cE4mHo_DUOtyR2OmeI1t0kdZL2jg4_7_pK10QBKrAb1QFTK_hSxzmHdCs3XbcsDg_CjLq0ecFf3SSuPY0KB_ZP1Ku-ZDh-OmqhVrpsbv0mkz2tKN2yVMqzyuvM0nYHLqjzImWbxQmgRPHcUhWdBtBUEudAk3BZTJ-xxAj/w414-h640/downtown.jpg" width="414" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">An advertisement from 1907. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUNe5niw9F43fd5Lnv433z58oby4G-TvItt_PTojhB88o3qKP2oJp7iaR_u2s3wpR4QnnGQEdN1F9YadXKFSmlekzGdk0BLWZhgrgi5tnOlgwZPsTAOBqF_Ly0RyopkAYP7BkelcUDkdS4bN4jXjS4bi_kZlp2BUUFkZwzldIyEvWFjn8qkrhd7mQtq3n7/s720/smith.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="502" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUNe5niw9F43fd5Lnv433z58oby4G-TvItt_PTojhB88o3qKP2oJp7iaR_u2s3wpR4QnnGQEdN1F9YadXKFSmlekzGdk0BLWZhgrgi5tnOlgwZPsTAOBqF_Ly0RyopkAYP7BkelcUDkdS4bN4jXjS4bi_kZlp2BUUFkZwzldIyEvWFjn8qkrhd7mQtq3n7/w446-h640/smith.jpg" width="446" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Gone but not forgotten. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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This one, the only one I've seen this fall, looks rather thin. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC76AeZVjaq024MncH2dS1zxdAvxyk7D_eNMVmYldLJm3Upwx91OliMo7ha5SfDMJ_MvQ9aWloJ8RJ1FiD8A8lRNXfho_sRVQAfuec5VvMIKi0JZPDBSi3YCtY6nk03lfa4UYq5JzQrc83J7NI_CBd8LAMhAFNk4Zs8hO3ymQolZL8XkZTW9oSExD1oeda/s1920/wooley.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC76AeZVjaq024MncH2dS1zxdAvxyk7D_eNMVmYldLJm3Upwx91OliMo7ha5SfDMJ_MvQ9aWloJ8RJ1FiD8A8lRNXfho_sRVQAfuec5VvMIKi0JZPDBSi3YCtY6nk03lfa4UYq5JzQrc83J7NI_CBd8LAMhAFNk4Zs8hO3ymQolZL8XkZTW9oSExD1oeda/w480-h640/wooley.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Halloween may have been weeks ago, but my neighbor's pumpkins have not gone rotten. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi1I5keCnsA6faRMefHARFG-8OLRSJqKRGBmqHFk1XMV05OiJKnWfSJjS3N3oU_yZpUr0sezria3NITptbb30fMOpvi5dfEtE9l644VbhYgGlkNi47XkS6uqwo-7OnWAxeFXrmsrtz0IhKmNYXSnS3Ariclh-vpILYx_-8kPvdBq-_gLmP1yC196PotlCr/s1920/pump.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi1I5keCnsA6faRMefHARFG-8OLRSJqKRGBmqHFk1XMV05OiJKnWfSJjS3N3oU_yZpUr0sezria3NITptbb30fMOpvi5dfEtE9l644VbhYgGlkNi47XkS6uqwo-7OnWAxeFXrmsrtz0IhKmNYXSnS3Ariclh-vpILYx_-8kPvdBq-_gLmP1yC196PotlCr/w400-h300/pump.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Thursday I took a bus with dirty windows which stopped briefly at the Holyoke Mall. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9-ZQk4pwXwrKnNehHIx4k1gH1WkfiwVE_QG2ED18sZUEP3sRa3PhsBAuR8_zV1pY-p9DcfhTEFo0eIUiIo2k1-rHqUbJwpKJkBtu5S6uqug-P65LUoH5hPbMHBG-9x9EwnE44ihk8cqRwZ_RakzKGo5z4mHSRlPcKwrEP3TV1P8VB9h3PGHhvj9NUkOjX/s1920/mall.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9-ZQk4pwXwrKnNehHIx4k1gH1WkfiwVE_QG2ED18sZUEP3sRa3PhsBAuR8_zV1pY-p9DcfhTEFo0eIUiIo2k1-rHqUbJwpKJkBtu5S6uqug-P65LUoH5hPbMHBG-9x9EwnE44ihk8cqRwZ_RakzKGo5z4mHSRlPcKwrEP3TV1P8VB9h3PGHhvj9NUkOjX/w400-h300/mall.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Soon the City of Springfield came looming into view. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR8TGFziaJytRnVp_lNX5p7Y13VfeCCYAEBhDuvtUIyFdIxTsQPibAonS9DfKC_SkTPJsgUQ-xYfmhUxpTAvMMORP5fAlPj_VCoTpqe_ixQDGpV33Zu1SFx0zRu3Rwbrfs518zZtWWRP-19aUBHK78h54O1md_VVTA8OEN27ThxWeqqY3ApFfGwtL_TF33/s1920/spfld.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR8TGFziaJytRnVp_lNX5p7Y13VfeCCYAEBhDuvtUIyFdIxTsQPibAonS9DfKC_SkTPJsgUQ-xYfmhUxpTAvMMORP5fAlPj_VCoTpqe_ixQDGpV33Zu1SFx0zRu3Rwbrfs518zZtWWRP-19aUBHK78h54O1md_VVTA8OEN27ThxWeqqY3ApFfGwtL_TF33/w400-h300/spfld.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Of course I had to stop by <i>Jake's</i> for breakfast. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMWza6O__mAAgF5dOQFf01XJ8ccj1VNrRCeXLBwnVkUjVvlazrC06q0bJif5vjRkLGCzmjwwQRDJEXxVhptiEqMoWFmbADXwGaB6DmgbLfP2yZNik1cOI9VX89kwZfv16l2HuGabPmwerJWSf8JrEpGX1GMtZb9tBNAbuF6ycdZRDZJxzBygGIC5m5Nv0C/s1920/jakes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMWza6O__mAAgF5dOQFf01XJ8ccj1VNrRCeXLBwnVkUjVvlazrC06q0bJif5vjRkLGCzmjwwQRDJEXxVhptiEqMoWFmbADXwGaB6DmgbLfP2yZNik1cOI9VX89kwZfv16l2HuGabPmwerJWSf8JrEpGX1GMtZb9tBNAbuF6ycdZRDZJxzBygGIC5m5Nv0C/w480-h640/jakes.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Then I caught another bus until finally I arrived at my ultimate destination. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAi139EsMX2nmuiXbsfMCgbEklQDiSK-awTRuxDhp2PM3g-LSjSuCFbx-6yUMwF5qxmFxdOnpjwxf09zQzXjNjDqjSRs1CV7oNpqw_9I1QkdyLlO-Mln8igIaYNN7-YvshEeSgIeUnCYztA7x-efUHW4GH_Il1MXTUBpeDCtPLsSJvtShc3EpyQIin50Tt/s1920/park.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAi139EsMX2nmuiXbsfMCgbEklQDiSK-awTRuxDhp2PM3g-LSjSuCFbx-6yUMwF5qxmFxdOnpjwxf09zQzXjNjDqjSRs1CV7oNpqw_9I1QkdyLlO-Mln8igIaYNN7-YvshEeSgIeUnCYztA7x-efUHW4GH_Il1MXTUBpeDCtPLsSJvtShc3EpyQIin50Tt/w400-h300/park.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Forest Park is arguably the prettiest park in Western Mass. However, in the holiday season that beauty is marred by the electrical gear and promotional signs they put up all over the place regarding the <i>Bright Nights</i> light display. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglACtB90V5OvJW6qtpRgw8LuCudYKYOg4FSP8WNCg79Hhl-epg45lsOQuattetCEeOhPIE6kkW3qXZmmGyOLdwTUOi_oV_2ybWEMdX2V6Vv9qNOEOfZ8sthQvoS8FAO2bPeHVnhbs7rhuwkMvZ3dkiHRCRLgFm6o-PT5oqG5bd5EBMFbXVZbwp3uXS0Zae/s1920/bright.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglACtB90V5OvJW6qtpRgw8LuCudYKYOg4FSP8WNCg79Hhl-epg45lsOQuattetCEeOhPIE6kkW3qXZmmGyOLdwTUOi_oV_2ybWEMdX2V6Vv9qNOEOfZ8sthQvoS8FAO2bPeHVnhbs7rhuwkMvZ3dkiHRCRLgFm6o-PT5oqG5bd5EBMFbXVZbwp3uXS0Zae/w400-h300/bright.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It is still a nice place to walk around. Here is where in the long ago day we used to have inter-school athletic competitions that we called "Field Day." I don't recall The World Famous Thomas M. Balliet Elementary School ever winning anything in any category. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAzDYR8PzzAtg0nzPrchaEOkQU85WwXohzNXArzFQgA4KtmMVxCucA4buxusM-kE1r8jA9y2M-n8uceWvqPWTDrZzEiLpntd9xd2EKc4n1O6o8zdE7AX37E1tEXpi23dLeK7OgSq71rsW6HfQaRroWxzUODbakF_penK4qC5FVn2o6sH1PkzwMHz6fNGZm/s1920/field.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAzDYR8PzzAtg0nzPrchaEOkQU85WwXohzNXArzFQgA4KtmMVxCucA4buxusM-kE1r8jA9y2M-n8uceWvqPWTDrZzEiLpntd9xd2EKc4n1O6o8zdE7AX37E1tEXpi23dLeK7OgSq71rsW6HfQaRroWxzUODbakF_penK4qC5FVn2o6sH1PkzwMHz6fNGZm/w400-h300/field.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Here is the famous rose garden, which naturally is all dead this time of year. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhANDRuuAvU0Ly-VqY5SZSlwTlvt3NdzfeE-8mz5R321ak1aCUYQTXLwfckGCi8N1oocU8u2YBqGPzhOFEFAyGuJK972lIWujKYp2JNcImXcxX1Y84zPtJRm7anMDgZWhK-8Cl_WJjTgHq8TGH81-EzZSHBrCwautSJU-tvmS8Ni3AxY9KzDn8mP_meTfKQ/s1920/rosep.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhANDRuuAvU0Ly-VqY5SZSlwTlvt3NdzfeE-8mz5R321ak1aCUYQTXLwfckGCi8N1oocU8u2YBqGPzhOFEFAyGuJK972lIWujKYp2JNcImXcxX1Y84zPtJRm7anMDgZWhK-8Cl_WJjTgHq8TGH81-EzZSHBrCwautSJU-tvmS8Ni3AxY9KzDn8mP_meTfKQ/w400-h300/rosep.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> <br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> Here is my mother's mother in that rose garden in 1930.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEsk3ddkRNKiNeqn3aEOL5TPC2DHrpuZvuerisuzO0-ejIeG0vK6Io9zMyL4rGlrx17Vk0-p5tWlaWm4GIYc1o0Rr8-YgKLPbEHLUnvuvC8hkOUcCZOvLv4x2WGIyATN_nHsTFH8HCbgGBgNQhKrE0gt_UDwSs99TH48Ncf3FUGfcYzblZ8GjuKFAU-XuE/s400/flo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="400" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEsk3ddkRNKiNeqn3aEOL5TPC2DHrpuZvuerisuzO0-ejIeG0vK6Io9zMyL4rGlrx17Vk0-p5tWlaWm4GIYc1o0Rr8-YgKLPbEHLUnvuvC8hkOUcCZOvLv4x2WGIyATN_nHsTFH8HCbgGBgNQhKrE0gt_UDwSs99TH48Ncf3FUGfcYzblZ8GjuKFAU-XuE/w400-h288/flo.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The reason I went to Forest Park was to fulfill a promise I made to myself last spring at the sorta-<a href="https://tommydevine.blogspot.com/2023/04/ecos-at-fifty.html">50th anniversary</a> of the ECOS ecology program, where my sainted mother was one of the founding participants. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">After my mother died in 2003, a portion of the trail system in the park was named "The Devine Way" in her honor and a cross bearing her name was erected at one point on the trail. Here is what it looked like on the day the trail was officially dedicated, with a gang of Devines loitering around. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWaEeXx9O2xmoIkqAyn8QtZBvDzYVF6zQGh56LUh6SB_kFxxrC5LPGduDOq1ZA2K55tu61ACkOcNcYWZpA_awqOeuTIPbTlGGAKym2KKxjSFAB2uz5_-7RbuZa24mtAFahHGEqWTngdLxD55QANgshQVEfDqrPZZrB9DuQV5Ws90JVy9SvYxob-49shWBA/s480/gang.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="356" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWaEeXx9O2xmoIkqAyn8QtZBvDzYVF6zQGh56LUh6SB_kFxxrC5LPGduDOq1ZA2K55tu61ACkOcNcYWZpA_awqOeuTIPbTlGGAKym2KKxjSFAB2uz5_-7RbuZa24mtAFahHGEqWTngdLxD55QANgshQVEfDqrPZZrB9DuQV5Ws90JVy9SvYxob-49shWBA/w474-h640/gang.jpg" width="474" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I had not been to check out my mom's memorial site in years, and hoped to use the occasion of the half century anniversary bash to check on it. Unfortunately, it rained cats and dogs that day, so no one wandered far from the skate-house. However, I told myself I would make the effort to return and check it out in fairer weather. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Predictably, I let the whole summer go by and did no such thing, until it occurred to me last week that if I procrastinated any longer the snow would fall and I would have to wait until next spring. So after a bit of truckin' through the park I soon arrived at the skate-house. I was surprised to see that the joint is closed to the public when school is in session. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc61_3dgPZo_UJSOAtV23tO21WSqwHpb1BykKehiSNTk0tC468z0qDWIH61GR183liiFRXjqORv6krlp67uQ31djGoeMjGMx64lmmbJF7qKUMrvP-LUYS9ngM-RU9Zg1CvlYhlX1_NvgMYhDRc0PaTT-bhgAkJX1GCKy313yD0h0ATG0PhCDBx6Jr5syB7/s1920/szone.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc61_3dgPZo_UJSOAtV23tO21WSqwHpb1BykKehiSNTk0tC468z0qDWIH61GR183liiFRXjqORv6krlp67uQ31djGoeMjGMx64lmmbJF7qKUMrvP-LUYS9ngM-RU9Zg1CvlYhlX1_NvgMYhDRc0PaTT-bhgAkJX1GCKy313yD0h0ATG0PhCDBx6Jr5syB7/w400-h300/szone.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I ignored the sign and approached this bench offering a serene view of Porter Lake.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi6QpB_GFIcvDaiPshBQRJum5d2SsSfeJZIYoCIPJHrTtHFlQIjZ9tpILfUJlFMy-gkg1Z7b_MWkDlMpkfxnGaSKKaXjMhQMJGXmI5SO8IMzjVAWOta0dnWObbmyfRpyGM3zu9tp48NCynzRRR-ceGhLkTYABQ8N3i3KsLEm29OaNPNYewZ_NR0FnLV0zt/s1920/bench.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi6QpB_GFIcvDaiPshBQRJum5d2SsSfeJZIYoCIPJHrTtHFlQIjZ9tpILfUJlFMy-gkg1Z7b_MWkDlMpkfxnGaSKKaXjMhQMJGXmI5SO8IMzjVAWOta0dnWObbmyfRpyGM3zu9tp48NCynzRRR-ceGhLkTYABQ8N3i3KsLEm29OaNPNYewZ_NR0FnLV0zt/w400-h300/bench.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">That bench is also dedicated to my mother. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSg8Ed2qpad6UDR24ezHMIhIWr2dLbBoCdcU39ZMm0fQphiEMilp2cBdstti_AOCBJ8vGvycVZxCWPb7PTqIE2L8hBladr3e8WrVHIYzjMZoZcYGcWoCdO_InBLQzwgl0l_c4qbQXCJ3zDVA3fsECwnBRsP3e6KfCNtjYiGDS9uPuC53VzfH-KnfMW5AaE/s1920/joyce.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSg8Ed2qpad6UDR24ezHMIhIWr2dLbBoCdcU39ZMm0fQphiEMilp2cBdstti_AOCBJ8vGvycVZxCWPb7PTqIE2L8hBladr3e8WrVHIYzjMZoZcYGcWoCdO_InBLQzwgl0l_c4qbQXCJ3zDVA3fsECwnBRsP3e6KfCNtjYiGDS9uPuC53VzfH-KnfMW5AaE/w400-h300/joyce.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">But of course the reason for my Forest Park visit was to check out the section of the park itself that is named after my mom. You know you are on the Devine Way when you find yourself walking directly across from the skate-house. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7LGreFK_Bq7aE_C7jpkfweXYX2pIC5XOUAR9ZVk2GatLmA7RfrdDfviKdQVGWVhflcFh0FgUxzsdNU-ORTs6VrK-cBKbkwqpOAd6tXGoBK2gQBrQMVqL0xiDAP8v-S6vZvdp_4UBk3LRtnOsQTECHFh9hEZqADfEmFceFNkO5xZzoe62uGiUeH6eWRrsq/s1920/skeate.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7LGreFK_Bq7aE_C7jpkfweXYX2pIC5XOUAR9ZVk2GatLmA7RfrdDfviKdQVGWVhflcFh0FgUxzsdNU-ORTs6VrK-cBKbkwqpOAd6tXGoBK2gQBrQMVqL0xiDAP8v-S6vZvdp_4UBk3LRtnOsQTECHFh9hEZqADfEmFceFNkO5xZzoe62uGiUeH6eWRrsq/w400-h300/skeate.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The trail follows the lake, and can be a bit steep at times.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgIp247YXQRAqSu6SbnL9JVvYRe49FBFvPgqENWhZKijz0uTwtutIuG9oKqnuaVDGxJ48hnOrQXHIytHvBu9o6g60jgsRPrxoxlMUNUNt-rKQYDsPh6TM7oKvNSo9X-mGwTr2kp40FeOX78kMY-L8SX4D2dIPU3bROjRtkm0rrrSHBPXInaXyoOf9UhQwz/s1920/path.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgIp247YXQRAqSu6SbnL9JVvYRe49FBFvPgqENWhZKijz0uTwtutIuG9oKqnuaVDGxJ48hnOrQXHIytHvBu9o6g60jgsRPrxoxlMUNUNt-rKQYDsPh6TM7oKvNSo9X-mGwTr2kp40FeOX78kMY-L8SX4D2dIPU3bROjRtkm0rrrSHBPXInaXyoOf9UhQwz/w480-h640/path.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> <br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Eventually you come to this wooden bridge leading to the memorial site. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeEnYEUvA6fbQ2Lgaj7l9dl1M95CwaGz9lqXu4nXpluPj2Mm3PeoU-FRBqWQL-sCV-LJe1qM-y5CTYn7Ef0-4fwuC7WIXC9hEeTyUX7N05sa0GwvVBG4Nm0npOOGRhyphenhyphenJR0TJ-2lMH39K2Ta5BC44slx1UjzJApjv9T_BbNMjUoLy9d55M3ON-4M9S1_PX6/s1920/bridge.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeEnYEUvA6fbQ2Lgaj7l9dl1M95CwaGz9lqXu4nXpluPj2Mm3PeoU-FRBqWQL-sCV-LJe1qM-y5CTYn7Ef0-4fwuC7WIXC9hEeTyUX7N05sa0GwvVBG4Nm0npOOGRhyphenhyphenJR0TJ-2lMH39K2Ta5BC44slx1UjzJApjv9T_BbNMjUoLy9d55M3ON-4M9S1_PX6/w400-h300/bridge.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The wooden cross bearing my mother's name is still standing, but has been completely overrun with plants! You can barely see it at the center of the picture. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixtKLLhqsFn7j2LZve-R2LUmVJrFDtVmA8XVX_75SjlMeyeYeknRmQeUT4fnLjLo5bFyhIQ2u_bMNYutxpG58X8nGyekSk4luCGCaILCedJ09hxG23d6ehFnt3nWI82nBuRtPjpqlmMzPwLlvbbseHcZYFSE8_geA-kge0Tlqhcuwf1dw45grdcV1j7iDI/s1920/cross.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixtKLLhqsFn7j2LZve-R2LUmVJrFDtVmA8XVX_75SjlMeyeYeknRmQeUT4fnLjLo5bFyhIQ2u_bMNYutxpG58X8nGyekSk4luCGCaILCedJ09hxG23d6ehFnt3nWI82nBuRtPjpqlmMzPwLlvbbseHcZYFSE8_geA-kge0Tlqhcuwf1dw45grdcV1j7iDI/w400-h300/cross.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Yikes! My family is definitely going to start going there each year and clearing away the plants in the summer. I suppose in principle the city should maintain the memorial, but I wouldn't waste my time complaining about it and besides, I like the idea of my family maintaining the site better. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">As I was heading back, I was suddenly confronted by a couple of adults accompanied by a dozen or more kids. It was the ECOS program exploring The Devine Way! The fact that the ECOS students sometimes pass by her memorial cross, even if they probably don't notice it behind the wall of overgrowth, is something I believe my mother would have liked very much. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIgB3aymCTysRyCHpfC5tC3YWu40I8nHjWTrDZcE521t5F16RUFQNo0wrXeZNPFwPOVuFxhCVvtcgVqoKxghGptcA0Iz2tQ31XebH_NhG8FYO3Yb3vhHizv5Jcee8jsKILlWZVon2DZMM2szkQ2c4WJYOAxcmNwdqTUSlvhrIX6R-Ytl00GfaqLNBZlVQU/s1920/kids.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIgB3aymCTysRyCHpfC5tC3YWu40I8nHjWTrDZcE521t5F16RUFQNo0wrXeZNPFwPOVuFxhCVvtcgVqoKxghGptcA0Iz2tQ31XebH_NhG8FYO3Yb3vhHizv5Jcee8jsKILlWZVon2DZMM2szkQ2c4WJYOAxcmNwdqTUSlvhrIX6R-Ytl00GfaqLNBZlVQU/w400-h300/kids.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Waiting at a bus stop in front of the park to head north, I saw this Sarno sign still standing, even though the election was over a week ago. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgys6zS8JvVU3yrU8MgcenZzqADXI_mhpeIRkcnxkmgPdQJ3_6l44N-dEDRWOpEr00E7K00kwnn2TeDmY2maoiNVcUR6pV45BnEvKCjeWef8RFirethWosxR1rFHGLskbbizcUwu6LwpOOoYntnXqGbwai92icDqPG3SB3RD0g6UtXfieIO0JQ2JUzZdCwf/s1920/sarno.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgys6zS8JvVU3yrU8MgcenZzqADXI_mhpeIRkcnxkmgPdQJ3_6l44N-dEDRWOpEr00E7K00kwnn2TeDmY2maoiNVcUR6pV45BnEvKCjeWef8RFirethWosxR1rFHGLskbbizcUwu6LwpOOoYntnXqGbwai92icDqPG3SB3RD0g6UtXfieIO0JQ2JUzZdCwf/w400-h300/sarno.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">That's human nature. The signs of winning candidates linger on their supporter's lawns, while those who backed losers remove their signs the day after the voting. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This Kennedy bumper sticker someone placed in a Northampton alley-way is the first piece of presidential campaign material I've seen so far. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhdFvW2B_3cbhOXBDqyMwN2l1BFKxCiGAlsQBQB6ywiyAPvg4pHPQCPBXsj7_d58Sw0mO5sMfgW81HHTv5A-ZSgrzjAAJmZqhTlmbhlbUQahRBK52bPiPNZWLkDZUdnhsFkB-9Pvviy2Hgpn3RphYAPORcatkOvw59J9C7G7ruZtBNwGxuQ6N6QDKThbnM/s1920/kennedy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhdFvW2B_3cbhOXBDqyMwN2l1BFKxCiGAlsQBQB6ywiyAPvg4pHPQCPBXsj7_d58Sw0mO5sMfgW81HHTv5A-ZSgrzjAAJmZqhTlmbhlbUQahRBK52bPiPNZWLkDZUdnhsFkB-9Pvviy2Hgpn3RphYAPORcatkOvw59J9C7G7ruZtBNwGxuQ6N6QDKThbnM/w480-h640/kennedy.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">There will be plenty more. Meanwhile, I was in the Forbes Library yesterday and came upon these musicians. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0HIkScMTMatwXQMJQOBNpMeAwPooN0Qa_CfqH-FKsuqdRaOXFPAsE027mJbtYLt4WOLzmT0J7-eXeeybgNaR_bgAgbIh9E0log4tymr_xdYNdTXCilSMXFM7kggzdiWhOmPEbv2Lczrpi0M2-ZkFZ-9UFjC3e_reLfIQGqTZh5dU9wHVB6xYo4ZodgbZH/s1920/music.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0HIkScMTMatwXQMJQOBNpMeAwPooN0Qa_CfqH-FKsuqdRaOXFPAsE027mJbtYLt4WOLzmT0J7-eXeeybgNaR_bgAgbIh9E0log4tymr_xdYNdTXCilSMXFM7kggzdiWhOmPEbv2Lczrpi0M2-ZkFZ-9UFjC3e_reLfIQGqTZh5dU9wHVB6xYo4ZodgbZH/w400-h300/music.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Lighted Christmas tree on the Nashawannuck Pond in Easthampton.</span> - photo by m.passa.</span></p><p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;"> </span></p><p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="417" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7x2A_s6AtvJm8lr-2zgRiU6c-Cm9Q0FfTfzg2Qx5H-i11vX2rNUFHjcR3BmrTgubs6Gp-O3EndgIqRSFxBHBTlnZpSKvw_0TQ7-EL3khSquUZaxwgIPngjFyd6utN8bjY4d5W0kMCM70x-7xIYXlpqFLdXxcW94vxnp_hFiTct5JfWWmHZvLhXiseKGId/w378-h640/crumb.jpg" width="378" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Happy Thanksgiving Everybody!</span></i></b><br /></p><p><br /></p>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10900475514170268904noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023556716422736970.post-28968908171153291752023-11-11T15:51:00.008-05:002023-11-16T16:54:48.352-05:00Election Scandal<p> </p><p> <span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;">Looks like October is…. Oct-over.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzRIOKzYf3U9VotoLqgnsHmlUzrvt7OXG_jWXaSw_yM-TY4u_mdhVhQQFZPhhmu-Z8Cut5_Mk4ilbYeNgV396efWdrGYIAK2JpLYKGihoGj8z_2bEQ_t7O4Pc4Ih04Jc76kDhmC0GrOaDdatAI1tUpcK1ag-NFSed114YEXV9OlTPbiV-Yfqhul664hl2m/s1920/way.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzRIOKzYf3U9VotoLqgnsHmlUzrvt7OXG_jWXaSw_yM-TY4u_mdhVhQQFZPhhmu-Z8Cut5_Mk4ilbYeNgV396efWdrGYIAK2JpLYKGihoGj8z_2bEQ_t7O4Pc4Ih04Jc76kDhmC0GrOaDdatAI1tUpcK1ag-NFSed114YEXV9OlTPbiV-Yfqhul664hl2m/w480-h640/way.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;"> Its Now-vember, and that means voting. As usual, I cast my ballot at my quaint New England polling place. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;"><br /></span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3GHT6mHnNgjvtWuqEZvh9hzqaI3dKf9XBp72WEnWJtj_f5SzwQLj2IvPy3iKFHxaXn7vTN-z4x1yvkTLoCRr3Zn6yP-omajDUXegl6ETVUvc3Xg-wKbPzQDXXoGoqtR5_cRS0ngrExxFUAJe3D1SHWGwPFZ40XSnotLNDqq9oWfq1IOrH5FzVEDiuRk2E/s680/poll.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="680" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3GHT6mHnNgjvtWuqEZvh9hzqaI3dKf9XBp72WEnWJtj_f5SzwQLj2IvPy3iKFHxaXn7vTN-z4x1yvkTLoCRr3Zn6yP-omajDUXegl6ETVUvc3Xg-wKbPzQDXXoGoqtR5_cRS0ngrExxFUAJe3D1SHWGwPFZ40XSnotLNDqq9oWfq1IOrH5FzVEDiuRk2E/w400-h300/poll.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;"></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;">Not much action on the ballot in Northampton, but plenty going on down in sublimely sketchy Springfield, where incumbent Mayor Dominic Sarno was re-elected over City Councilor Justin Hurst by a comfortable margin. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;"><br /></span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLb50G7zq08JLHYvDY1Gy29r_ccD22L_ynZ6HWDgxqKln3x0EFU1HErRqdBQfMK4bYAySabbOGk3BNCj1ocE9YPMSlenrKvughQR6eYi_0Cyxn2IauMkb2NhfgxB2pMGCXpaYufm_bz2svFne30YjS9QFsWcqF8rxmV6GH-qsYPgWzHaOp7eQxWX0r47F9/s1280/wwlp.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLb50G7zq08JLHYvDY1Gy29r_ccD22L_ynZ6HWDgxqKln3x0EFU1HErRqdBQfMK4bYAySabbOGk3BNCj1ocE9YPMSlenrKvughQR6eYi_0Cyxn2IauMkb2NhfgxB2pMGCXpaYufm_bz2svFne30YjS9QFsWcqF8rxmV6GH-qsYPgWzHaOp7eQxWX0r47F9/w400-h225/wwlp.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;"></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;">The contest was pretty much a bore for most of the campaign season (the conventional wisdom being that Sarno was a shoo-in for another term) only to have the race explode into drama in the home stretch when a vote rigging scandal broke out. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;">A vote rigging scandal in Springfield is of course unsurprising in a city where former Mayor Bob Markel once famously declared, "I don't trust any vote totals coming out of either the North End or Mason Square!" However, in this case it was not the local Democratic Party political machine being accused of trying to rig the results, but one of the candidates!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;"><a href="https://www.westernmassnews.com/2023/11/03/hurst-sarno-respond-voter-fraud-allegations/">Allegedly</a>, Justin Hurst and a convicted violent felon associated with the left-wing lobbying group Pioneer Valley Project were ferrying people from the local homeless shelter to the polls and paying them ten dollars apiece to vote for Hurst. The local media, led by the <i>Springfield Newspapers</i>, were shrieking with alarm. Oh my God! Hurst is trying to buy the election!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;">Myself, I was skeptical from the minute I heard about it. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;">Justin Hurst may come across at times as a race-obsessed liberal who doesn't like cops, but what he does not come across as is somebody who is dumb - and the whole concept of buying votes for ten dollars apiece is just flat out stupid. For example, a hundred bucks would only buy you ten votes, an irrelevancy in a contest in which thousands are participating. </span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;">It's
hard to believe that Hurst would have squandered his campaign cash and risked
criminal charges for such a minimal return. </span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;">Meanwhile, that same hundred bucks would get you a thirty second ad on a radio station where you could reach out to thousands of voters. In other words, the whole alleged vote bribing enterprise sounds ridiculous from the get-go. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;">Also intriguing is the participation of the <i>Springfield Newspapers</i> in whipping up the media frenzy. We've seen this movie before, especially when people like Richard Neal have been in electoral danger. Does anyone remember Marty Reilly, Ted Dimauro, Tony Ravosa and Alex Morse? Funny how those screaming headlines always appear in the nick of time. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;">Is that what happened here? Hard to say. The accusations are backed up by video that definitely shows that something weird was going on, but what exactly? And why? Who was behind it? Alas, with the election now past and Sarno safely back in the driver's seat, don't be surprised if all the unanswered questions regarding this "scandal" end up getting lost in that vast, over-flowing file in Springfield political history entitled, "Never to be Known."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf2A3tm-NOtCJJcrEmTv1Em93niRFqwZnaWoGbXdCWoxta9CZxr_b8ou4lYI5dM-pzdLIRC5o-2bgqlTjQNgipNzD_fd4dbUxhQ5-kCFZU5aS_axH0e47oNWa9Q67VVi8TbJCl5mp4TMbiuzdQXLnXf9O868qBw-EmPwngvyby4Hq6ebiUwjherBqsZOXm/s360/sarno.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="345" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf2A3tm-NOtCJJcrEmTv1Em93niRFqwZnaWoGbXdCWoxta9CZxr_b8ou4lYI5dM-pzdLIRC5o-2bgqlTjQNgipNzD_fd4dbUxhQ5-kCFZU5aS_axH0e47oNWa9Q67VVi8TbJCl5mp4TMbiuzdQXLnXf9O868qBw-EmPwngvyby4Hq6ebiUwjherBqsZOXm/w384-h400/sarno.jpg" width="384" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;"> Somebody's bad driving caused considerable damage to this Northampton pot shop. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;"><br /></span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkoOeEsdNS0gzI1PInJjUdwbaEO25SE791AbjM9aGo9ywHmYinDM-hbsarkwxp8rsdsRWQExikUZnJ1ks1UT9p4Z_h8Tuovd39Ey4o4fJnwHkX_dzTTE2EDd1fErZ5zPtHyXdcaXjnwJr1cQHWEovpHDya0ZqoOgMPDAf08BadVNOzkqU2l7iTdpkuL835/s1920/rez.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkoOeEsdNS0gzI1PInJjUdwbaEO25SE791AbjM9aGo9ywHmYinDM-hbsarkwxp8rsdsRWQExikUZnJ1ks1UT9p4Z_h8Tuovd39Ey4o4fJnwHkX_dzTTE2EDd1fErZ5zPtHyXdcaXjnwJr1cQHWEovpHDya0ZqoOgMPDAf08BadVNOzkqU2l7iTdpkuL835/w400-h300/rez.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;">I guess it's just part of the risk of being in the intoxicants business. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;">Boston media legend Howie Carr has published his <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Paper-Boy-Read-All-About/dp/0998022659">autobiography</a>. Here he is presenting a signed copy to one of his fans. </span></span></p><p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ukon78vCgTEiszfkFxXWIDqXrIYJeYP2D-SeYxbDLhJ6edwIhNuyU0HothYT5glgmuQ1hGcKc4H_TCI4_4y2R-e2wd-T5qt1NAQqJLFAO0pTDNCBK0C_v4Jg8bZ04jucYy3daEt8kIAFB3RvethzmkiJLMixyYepNOD5581FbPKiFVRyitp9Qfx_qlfi/s680/jpwoe.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="510" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ukon78vCgTEiszfkFxXWIDqXrIYJeYP2D-SeYxbDLhJ6edwIhNuyU0HothYT5glgmuQ1hGcKc4H_TCI4_4y2R-e2wd-T5qt1NAQqJLFAO0pTDNCBK0C_v4Jg8bZ04jucYy3daEt8kIAFB3RvethzmkiJLMixyYepNOD5581FbPKiFVRyitp9Qfx_qlfi/w300-h400/jpwoe.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" style="text-overflow: unset;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXxkHY33sI0oSTlQAE3N3a2-h0MeaRyIv63NllBPBt8L9Uj-rLETatDjjXgCa-F90U-FPchUEkHxP3WIMKmBGTS4DpX_Fj5sXEHvmFNJAIWq3QKQtr7xWf-5DB6SJFSOb-ofvdJWRQvDmwGhmf_42bSFAb5zoyXNsLSs3hGDiGYq40SNb7p_DbI2aLix3A/s1920/peace.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXxkHY33sI0oSTlQAE3N3a2-h0MeaRyIv63NllBPBt8L9Uj-rLETatDjjXgCa-F90U-FPchUEkHxP3WIMKmBGTS4DpX_Fj5sXEHvmFNJAIWq3QKQtr7xWf-5DB6SJFSOb-ofvdJWRQvDmwGhmf_42bSFAb5zoyXNsLSs3hGDiGYq40SNb7p_DbI2aLix3A/w400-h300/peace.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> <br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">An abandoned UMass pumpkin. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKSPRBBDoAmdfdosnaGmjPbqcfI23DHMd5-NXwdvTSUZY0YVPDIRXzik_NXg1MFVFHmx4pDEFhVmfuO8roUBQ4pGHImGk8tYBuom9KZsUAEs_mFwXn2lEk9WdAsMpz7AsFPNg3bVKHnoMAKxL6OphMg3JHj4A1gCjYKbM9MVS53xBgfV0tHF5ej2149E23/s1920/pumpkin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKSPRBBDoAmdfdosnaGmjPbqcfI23DHMd5-NXwdvTSUZY0YVPDIRXzik_NXg1MFVFHmx4pDEFhVmfuO8roUBQ4pGHImGk8tYBuom9KZsUAEs_mFwXn2lEk9WdAsMpz7AsFPNg3bVKHnoMAKxL6OphMg3JHj4A1gCjYKbM9MVS53xBgfV0tHF5ej2149E23/w480-h640/pumpkin.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Leaves strewn upon the woodland way into downtown Northampton. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9w8vuSZkYTUy81BHDnQJIEAKKvw6vNdpRg7NaLstqRTT2aPmAL8Vefo_i2UncY9k5MjKmpEid0aAjMz3aVYmjfOvaCmizLW7L2ZvHj3tEyG7rP0VABLU-r-5p06-xCew1HOzoKRQNMCqaFyFmCCE5NGE1ezZOSfZ3-ZX5W2M4Av5NkUloNRV34Xvzwb0t/s1920/way.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9w8vuSZkYTUy81BHDnQJIEAKKvw6vNdpRg7NaLstqRTT2aPmAL8Vefo_i2UncY9k5MjKmpEid0aAjMz3aVYmjfOvaCmizLW7L2ZvHj3tEyG7rP0VABLU-r-5p06-xCew1HOzoKRQNMCqaFyFmCCE5NGE1ezZOSfZ3-ZX5W2M4Av5NkUloNRV34Xvzwb0t/w480-h640/way.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Things are pretty quiet on the streets of Northampton in the early morn. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwZAa3a5cHj7MLpiLuW5bu1mUGQWR1_qspx5KQvAilR4d7CB9P8sXBhUJEpzujxgMQP3-6IFQveNGv6ls_kcKs0K6NlZxRfeq8nGtvQ4ztAPY3QwmEXrhyFfioYU4cNJIjIRnegrBfRelU-KzcpTdfFv4FMvnRJ0mP35KotJxnhFl4EQ-_KPTEmMW8NrvM/s1920/street.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwZAa3a5cHj7MLpiLuW5bu1mUGQWR1_qspx5KQvAilR4d7CB9P8sXBhUJEpzujxgMQP3-6IFQveNGv6ls_kcKs0K6NlZxRfeq8nGtvQ4ztAPY3QwmEXrhyFfioYU4cNJIjIRnegrBfRelU-KzcpTdfFv4FMvnRJ0mP35KotJxnhFl4EQ-_KPTEmMW8NrvM/w400-h300/street.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> <br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> I'm shocked to see that this longtime King Street business has closed!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR-nkkjYOd6-JPBudYe0tQSaCcC2laZWdDxDT1SFwYXehhyphenhyphenMI_UOhm4V-qX_MLTNjykiVU34NmNkaJwC90FvaGu8gX1PwD1mtKM3xysxiMsiViAji680U2jJYVf_bBvQs6-mrd0dEwKP1aRbNhxEXv9ae09-xB6yYZ4r1E6yfBcF7j2AdUJQRIuPbf84J5/s1920/woko.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR-nkkjYOd6-JPBudYe0tQSaCcC2laZWdDxDT1SFwYXehhyphenhyphenMI_UOhm4V-qX_MLTNjykiVU34NmNkaJwC90FvaGu8gX1PwD1mtKM3xysxiMsiViAji680U2jJYVf_bBvQs6-mrd0dEwKP1aRbNhxEXv9ae09-xB6yYZ4r1E6yfBcF7j2AdUJQRIuPbf84J5/w400-h300/woko.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDdKP6inixxlMvot_UroGewX1C-95X8RYiP3cQq02AGkRGsiRqPvStpw30YJ3uSAYjgvUqWsD50G4gIsi5b_1lajg3XxRJV7Q6Lx5ldRhcEn6tWENcinEDSkbEdApqx7fEryfnqfo0tzvE4a0htdWFHLxN0RX9DME9AkT9SatlKSh8FZZTvE2DCnNoqHLp/s1920/wok.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDdKP6inixxlMvot_UroGewX1C-95X8RYiP3cQq02AGkRGsiRqPvStpw30YJ3uSAYjgvUqWsD50G4gIsi5b_1lajg3XxRJV7Q6Lx5ldRhcEn6tWENcinEDSkbEdApqx7fEryfnqfo0tzvE4a0htdWFHLxN0RX9DME9AkT9SatlKSh8FZZTvE2DCnNoqHLp/w400-h300/wok.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">They used to have the best $5 lunch in Hamp before inflation made that price unsustainable. Here's another downtown business that closed this week. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy9GT1i003qonbQN98lxM6CelqlqC6Q9-c5PBvjMHM1xYojd5Ds3_9naczI6w2P7iuPJ0LZUn1dzxOvxeH0Wfpnsx4FehOVm7cgSFj-iYx5a8Q0pz_wB0wAz3aU-QokbX-o34xPMQD-se39vnTPJTIn1zMCCXyL57K43w-gaZswDDObWXpPPao04GeTZ2C/s1920/closed.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy9GT1i003qonbQN98lxM6CelqlqC6Q9-c5PBvjMHM1xYojd5Ds3_9naczI6w2P7iuPJ0LZUn1dzxOvxeH0Wfpnsx4FehOVm7cgSFj-iYx5a8Q0pz_wB0wAz3aU-QokbX-o34xPMQD-se39vnTPJTIn1zMCCXyL57K43w-gaZswDDObWXpPPao04GeTZ2C/w400-h300/closed.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">That joint was only open for a matter of months. The truth is that downtown Hamp has not fully recovered from the so-called pandemic. Northampton's absurdly strict Covid restrictions, which were kept in place longer in Hamp than in surrounding towns, maximized the damage. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Still, there are rays of recovery, such as this hip shop <i><a href="https://assemblenorthampton.com/">Assemble</a></i> which opened recently in the former photography place. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzDYK9daaBKOxG_sCHFfP7kwv22wUR7cFUI6MUwqI3pEGunTiB3FVu-sLlCYe9p3SUcB4o7e5QOKAwVn15yrOUlwUEYSK8HkM4Bd66n6buFHDTNZZQWahtvK2YctM-MR3ecsoYJO5PlyymSlVYwHIh4qQPy31NlxUOf7BWzTbZJxf_AhFQX1uirTKfgoyx/s1920/assemble.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzDYK9daaBKOxG_sCHFfP7kwv22wUR7cFUI6MUwqI3pEGunTiB3FVu-sLlCYe9p3SUcB4o7e5QOKAwVn15yrOUlwUEYSK8HkM4Bd66n6buFHDTNZZQWahtvK2YctM-MR3ecsoYJO5PlyymSlVYwHIh4qQPy31NlxUOf7BWzTbZJxf_AhFQX1uirTKfgoyx/w400-h300/assemble.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Some of their merchandise has a local flavor. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfVPKKcW8wsQSyeLpGCn26xbrZXFPGTQ2N4Y7L1Q22JpSW8aWiiliKSpF7TpfFGKBhhL40rl4wFq21MYfpMvZ-Xw6xxnMn17lJLZ0hSFD2CeOPbYOV-FyZgTLo_hXdmcOteDEaQ6KNQrtlFonhE3wp-r_1f5ueo-bFlwtu369HkrNOp830QRA2YJ81MGZQ/s1920/local.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfVPKKcW8wsQSyeLpGCn26xbrZXFPGTQ2N4Y7L1Q22JpSW8aWiiliKSpF7TpfFGKBhhL40rl4wFq21MYfpMvZ-Xw6xxnMn17lJLZ0hSFD2CeOPbYOV-FyZgTLo_hXdmcOteDEaQ6KNQrtlFonhE3wp-r_1f5ueo-bFlwtu369HkrNOp830QRA2YJ81MGZQ/w480-h640/local.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> Nearby in <i>Thornes,</i> is a popular health food store. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWrVQQOMbUMabiL2CKtJsVkICXuQnkaJifLN6bLYizQdbIvT4_MHw6BmXiiJ61U9fyo9kcGE061o2HpndgtrN1iL2ABk7JJbavGvFkyEK00nFmWpthl0_Mg7LXwNtjlXX9m6QuzpZL_H9iuvoaRmXIwRsaLqWYF5B_JZUHY114ghjQw1F5RmTH1fYk-cb6/s1920/corn.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWrVQQOMbUMabiL2CKtJsVkICXuQnkaJifLN6bLYizQdbIvT4_MHw6BmXiiJ61U9fyo9kcGE061o2HpndgtrN1iL2ABk7JJbavGvFkyEK00nFmWpthl0_Mg7LXwNtjlXX9m6QuzpZL_H9iuvoaRmXIwRsaLqWYF5B_JZUHY114ghjQw1F5RmTH1fYk-cb6/w480-h640/corn.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> Also in <i>Thornes</i> is this beloved candy store. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5PFWudPXGE5pJZMNKwoOXrQDVPGOFG7XweZZdy_Z7NUL8XFejzo_q44GkxnLtnOZHzkVDAVdEf3edDd7r8IY8d0jHl6DNXiGE51cFEZsrzNQD0QQ94JYa3NdbWNVYIiLp2hOfZ2oIjFwyP6snuWdZmY9e5sEipik8cgnW_pLy0qNOtMUpXPd0_tYe2jcb/s1920/candy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5PFWudPXGE5pJZMNKwoOXrQDVPGOFG7XweZZdy_Z7NUL8XFejzo_q44GkxnLtnOZHzkVDAVdEf3edDd7r8IY8d0jHl6DNXiGE51cFEZsrzNQD0QQ94JYa3NdbWNVYIiLp2hOfZ2oIjFwyP6snuWdZmY9e5sEipik8cgnW_pLy0qNOtMUpXPd0_tYe2jcb/w480-h640/candy.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Thornes</i> has the best polished wooden floor in the city. But for real old school shopping, you have to go check out the <i>Florence Hardware</i>. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIGJM9_1jzDS9YnuFGsvW6oXikjO0n7KFyame8omRFamSxhLepiUBpO9aRw-ogntTR-iwf9TKIbxAREw32tJBkQwi-fjbR9Uj5FiQoWpMEHgl6Y6XANscPjMYAMn_sx83vRr_qBJDoIGiosT0BteADYLA4aqXTLvuJrlxnq5_nBKVBVkI3jhgEc7G_zsS6/s1920/floh.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIGJM9_1jzDS9YnuFGsvW6oXikjO0n7KFyame8omRFamSxhLepiUBpO9aRw-ogntTR-iwf9TKIbxAREw32tJBkQwi-fjbR9Uj5FiQoWpMEHgl6Y6XANscPjMYAMn_sx83vRr_qBJDoIGiosT0BteADYLA4aqXTLvuJrlxnq5_nBKVBVkI3jhgEc7G_zsS6/w400-h300/floh.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Or <i>Bird's</i>. </span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH1aiS1k73b4Ug9orIf97ji9udqJtdNl9HPLSqlCFV04H_8FnKNbdmErC6z2i6LBT20aIA5zTEslXuhoJ53U7rrrLgudWErCMjfYn4porVeM2djtLsdOkQ9sxvtKWmRvsqyj17JVDVWsbrbnVKyeO7fJlAbAFbjS3vUrG-bxmMmrgAkGRV03teyZeV2Vk9/s1920/birds.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH1aiS1k73b4Ug9orIf97ji9udqJtdNl9HPLSqlCFV04H_8FnKNbdmErC6z2i6LBT20aIA5zTEslXuhoJ53U7rrrLgudWErCMjfYn4porVeM2djtLsdOkQ9sxvtKWmRvsqyj17JVDVWsbrbnVKyeO7fJlAbAFbjS3vUrG-bxmMmrgAkGRV03teyZeV2Vk9/w400-h300/birds.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> Mike Wiseman took this pic in downtown Springfield this weekend. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwDZbWv_2deOdN28PJhjo2_X2vd5fgZrtBMJE371D94xLB3kAOQ4VzOftoOCOxKQ-m1Guje9HnnQWZhI5D10Jzv5llzOZQcKH-hkpjf9-taInDXDAUPrsNPI0ei9yW6gOp14G-SCoRlPmlW7LZzrNs_V_a30wyidznKU84xJWIZt3nrTLf5PoD1HoPYNIB/s680/wisman.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="510" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwDZbWv_2deOdN28PJhjo2_X2vd5fgZrtBMJE371D94xLB3kAOQ4VzOftoOCOxKQ-m1Guje9HnnQWZhI5D10Jzv5llzOZQcKH-hkpjf9-taInDXDAUPrsNPI0ei9yW6gOp14G-SCoRlPmlW7LZzrNs_V_a30wyidznKU84xJWIZt3nrTLf5PoD1HoPYNIB/w480-h640/wisman.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This gone but not forgotten Springfield deli lasted from 1958 until 2013. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbDmbhSgMJz0-2kAHhbsXxpIqTvWzq-XUU_qgdGvV2QRQbTqFnuC1Q5QC7qEHq3dxVxkmCIblLitSTQCOH3TF1KXkxIQ8rI8_fCTrOIkykfZiuX6bHo7kW4YSPBk27GJBIdNYT_vjVoitgZUdj0xLNee_XmPrxWxkCWSLtZuUqBmNMbComjIC5lbL_x6Q8/w400-h400/listen.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10900475514170268904noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023556716422736970.post-62144821221981288712023-10-21T16:18:00.020-04:002023-10-22T14:50:23.367-04:00Martin Reilly - The Untold Story<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimO2mTl8B_In6LxRvi-CymKO7KbBOWS11ORMdR3StSDBN7oOdkO1ey1e2g1ajtCQeGLgRiODVVCtVV25y41dhtEschRfiZ7Re24lkrwYp9SSURFmuuGbmvNYfUWaVUFQ8oXu2skATE-OMYoqciir2dH9olxUSaIhP2hq4lZEps96vx0A44m47ewq6wyjVZ/s1400/martin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="893" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimO2mTl8B_In6LxRvi-CymKO7KbBOWS11ORMdR3StSDBN7oOdkO1ey1e2g1ajtCQeGLgRiODVVCtVV25y41dhtEschRfiZ7Re24lkrwYp9SSURFmuuGbmvNYfUWaVUFQ8oXu2skATE-OMYoqciir2dH9olxUSaIhP2hq4lZEps96vx0A44m47ewq6wyjVZ/w408-h640/martin.jpg" width="408" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">When former Springfield State Senator Marty Reilly died in July, his <a href="https://obits.masslive.com/us/obituaries/masslive/name/martin-reilly-obituary?id=52511920">obituary</a> was rightfully filled with praise. However, as so often happens in our fair Valley, when there comes a time to recall the past, certain details neglect to be mentioned and it often falls to me to fill in the blanks.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The list of people who have misrepresented the City of Springfield in the statehouse in Boston is a pretty bland parade of mediocrities interrupted only by the occasional outright crook. Marty Reilly was the rare exception, a good-humored workaholic who genuinely seemed to enjoy helping people solve their problems. Even his hair was perfect, although the photo accompanying his obituary shows it didn't last. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-I8PGvi7st-t1wSL3Hp5HuoIKvDGyHxmUISDRSFZEkUOgzxbAKPfFo0YRCSJ-7YX20q7aGpcGHMgRZZAtBAPPMpcyBK_JhQd98AsMnUCYo5GcjbkrOBhhxjTaJ8kNUUKKaVeneoMlW572kEGrjFOCDmn_NMy_9qErDbJ_SdiVIsTJ5d9JEeV0uB7PumPr/s500/martinre.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="304" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-I8PGvi7st-t1wSL3Hp5HuoIKvDGyHxmUISDRSFZEkUOgzxbAKPfFo0YRCSJ-7YX20q7aGpcGHMgRZZAtBAPPMpcyBK_JhQd98AsMnUCYo5GcjbkrOBhhxjTaJ8kNUUKKaVeneoMlW572kEGrjFOCDmn_NMy_9qErDbJ_SdiVIsTJ5d9JEeV0uB7PumPr/s320/martinre.jpg" width="195" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Being so devoted to serving others, Reilly appeared to have only one personal indulgence, a fancy sports car that he used to cruise between his unending schedule of public meetings. Some people said the vehicle looked a bit too ostentatious for a public servant, but most people took it as a reassuring sign that the kid had a life outside of legislative chambers. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">And he was indeed sort of a kid - when he was elected to the Senate in 1980 he was only 24 years old, the youngest person ever to be elected to such a high position in Massachusetts. Reilly made a very good impression during his first term, so much so that he was never to have a single opponent in any of his subsequent re-election races. He would faithfully serve his district until he left office under a cloud in 1988. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Not coincidentally, 1988 happens to be the year that current south Valley congressman Richard E. Neal was elected to Congress to succeed Edward P. Boland, who had suddenly decided to retire from congress after decades of service. A name that was often mentioned as a major contender and rival of Neal for that very congressional seat was Martin T. Reilly. But as recorded in <a href="http://ogulewicz.blogspot.com/2016/07/bye-bye-boland.html">The Ogulewicz Chronicles</a>, Reilly soon found himself suddenly pushed to the sidelines:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>So 1988 looked to be the year Boland was likely to step down, and
political maneuvering of all sorts was going on behind the scenes.
Representative Lemanski, State Senator Martin Reilly and Springfield
Mayor Richard Neal were regarded as the leading contenders to be
Boland’s successor, although by the time Mitch attended the secret
meeting in East Brookfield, Reilly had already been eliminated by an
alleged banking scandal that had been featured prominently by the Springfield Newspapers.
Although eventually cleared of all the ethics charges, the process of
clearing his name took a long time and in the meantime Reilly’s
political career was ruined.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It was a classic <i>Springfield Newspapers</i> hatchet job - lots of vague accusations about what sorta might be kinda possibly may be conflicts of interest presented in a sinister light without any direct evidence. They even used his sports car to hint that it was an indication of a suspiciously high-class lifestyle. That was a laughable thought to anyone who had experienced first hand Marty's almost monk-like devotion to public service, but the phony scandal managed to create a political atmosphere that not only blocked Reilly from entering the congressional race, but caused him not to seek re-election to the Senate. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Ultimately an ethics investigation returned a verdict declaring Reilly completely innocent of every single accusation made by the newspaper, but by then it was too late to make any difference - the mud had been splashed, the newspaper's candidate Richie Neal was in congress and Brian Lees was occupying Reilly's old senate seat. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">At one point Reilly brought a lawsuit against the newspaper seeking damages for what the paper had done to him through their dark insinuations, but the paper claimed free speech rights and in the end nothing came of it. Eventually Reilly left the area, settled on Cape Cod and made good money working for the cruise line industry. Cruising on the high seas is probably as far as you can possibly get from the rough and tumble world of Springfield politics, which is probably just exactly where he wanted to be. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Rest easy, Marty. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Speaking of the <i>Springfield Newspapers</i>, here is a picture of their staff taken around 1980.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj2bOCLRL9OM9Ga-t9yvvxMvEgvuxcKOOjtTHn5u5tVIklODeZ625nyGn-Y28RDzeW5JXfRikmbeDLsqgjM06amPtDidWCrgd79SBjpzIXawub7aIa0h4HGrb5M39QyE9Q6hDfwuDVEL5dSSh3syb8xoOMBq66pM6dzEfduxcLvQz4bY0jhnH-nK0_PPue/s1200/paper.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="1200" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj2bOCLRL9OM9Ga-t9yvvxMvEgvuxcKOOjtTHn5u5tVIklODeZ625nyGn-Y28RDzeW5JXfRikmbeDLsqgjM06amPtDidWCrgd79SBjpzIXawub7aIa0h4HGrb5M39QyE9Q6hDfwuDVEL5dSSh3syb8xoOMBq66pM6dzEfduxcLvQz4bY0jhnH-nK0_PPue/w400-h321/paper.webp" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">That photo comes from a recent, quite gossipy memoir by former reporter Daniel Golden, who worked for the paper in the early '80's. His portrayal of his former colleagues is not always particularly flattering, and you can read him dishing the dirt by <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/local-newspaper-legacy-springfield-massachusetts">clicking here</a>. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">Fall foliage through<i> </i>the window provides the backdrop for th<i>is </i>jazz band playing at<i> The Black Sheep Deli</i> in Amherst this afternoon. </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">photo by j. ziff</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5VVW4fssOkHjBsNW7Iw6TpeKblH4x9HTXu8_EjlcHIqlTfrFMUUt5DGtX8PIdhagX_yVMwUR6XdTV-draFqk0sqPwnSYag6GOBji6QRH3zYDUW5nptFyJFd9YZtiUgba5-8jFJyqDV2bJZPPdmv99cO04uYJnkmKPOrVgy9Dw27-qrkkLFebPBIuIbxbd/s720/deli.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5VVW4fssOkHjBsNW7Iw6TpeKblH4x9HTXu8_EjlcHIqlTfrFMUUt5DGtX8PIdhagX_yVMwUR6XdTV-draFqk0sqPwnSYag6GOBji6QRH3zYDUW5nptFyJFd9YZtiUgba5-8jFJyqDV2bJZPPdmv99cO04uYJnkmKPOrVgy9Dw27-qrkkLFebPBIuIbxbd/w400-h300/deli.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> Chalk on a Northampton sidewalk. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGg9yofvQ8MwpGtBK5NLcirMKfkj9pVSMVn-tzDMTM9HEhXCjQVs0ZcpZGSAiKtOyViGgCtiCJihF-qEzRnaTPl-Du4ldeoJDLhawwyKOCfZnHYf07G3AZd1FRxpcu1QWvkBqavQ6jVVcBPAjcLyJ5fJco3ckfQjaQquHCxtELuU96CaHpGu2MUiaRS-Mj/s1920/chalk.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGg9yofvQ8MwpGtBK5NLcirMKfkj9pVSMVn-tzDMTM9HEhXCjQVs0ZcpZGSAiKtOyViGgCtiCJihF-qEzRnaTPl-Du4ldeoJDLhawwyKOCfZnHYf07G3AZd1FRxpcu1QWvkBqavQ6jVVcBPAjcLyJ5fJco3ckfQjaQquHCxtELuU96CaHpGu2MUiaRS-Mj/w480-h640/chalk.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Peace by the <i>Hotel Northampton</i>. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOtw6QkwjkruSLwG1HrovxzkVpn-8j_ChHHtfHEy5FdcpEUA1VHfrrx82S42M1Gg5MO3WCHJsxxLNkJyN59hL0ByciLqm2VpRz3aisr5BM8mz12eVTgEYo_GwJGCqS7B491K8rCjV0KQN2Vak_TnaOd_yz3Pga6B1pqCXaGbSn3nxS6_L6RxU1AX1w2kHJ/s1920/peace.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOtw6QkwjkruSLwG1HrovxzkVpn-8j_ChHHtfHEy5FdcpEUA1VHfrrx82S42M1Gg5MO3WCHJsxxLNkJyN59hL0ByciLqm2VpRz3aisr5BM8mz12eVTgEYo_GwJGCqS7B491K8rCjV0KQN2Vak_TnaOd_yz3Pga6B1pqCXaGbSn3nxS6_L6RxU1AX1w2kHJ/w400-h300/peace.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> <br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Congressman McGovern doesn't like to be monitored by the public. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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There were only around a few hundred participants out of a school of 28,000 students, but that is still an embarrassingly high turnout. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEyYJX7NJrr6-Vl0q-WF4msCLZ7wfOIJawAYJNdKOvmaBqVcrGWYr5L1QojGZYy3nfIG_ZQlFPGGriMQAhih4myPntonz6nvZWNsYRd8tCULKjnmQycVP1y6xMgwlaDkbfEYUjwVu-W06IT6pQLrPuILxXvIRuVFd8G9CnqhXikBxjO6KHnOnRdAUmwKwG/s1920/crowd.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEyYJX7NJrr6-Vl0q-WF4msCLZ7wfOIJawAYJNdKOvmaBqVcrGWYr5L1QojGZYy3nfIG_ZQlFPGGriMQAhih4myPntonz6nvZWNsYRd8tCULKjnmQycVP1y6xMgwlaDkbfEYUjwVu-W06IT6pQLrPuILxXvIRuVFd8G9CnqhXikBxjO6KHnOnRdAUmwKwG/w400-h300/crowd.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTP83iqPiY-ws2ziLsm4AZAAn35yihJBkvwOlR6zCjpMGEdK9G85qhRd3yvXV3thyv-gjE7lgTrQizEG4DtaF2bUp_waccFMzrXLxEn0xDLbXUMbfswdnvKJ30NikQtUuAkMsOMIpdKbqR-kwFTYFMEg-_AwmMmMSkSaYzhf898A1axRuKb0iwIlORXpoa/s1920/boycott.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTP83iqPiY-ws2ziLsm4AZAAn35yihJBkvwOlR6zCjpMGEdK9G85qhRd3yvXV3thyv-gjE7lgTrQizEG4DtaF2bUp_waccFMzrXLxEn0xDLbXUMbfswdnvKJ30NikQtUuAkMsOMIpdKbqR-kwFTYFMEg-_AwmMmMSkSaYzhf898A1axRuKb0iwIlORXpoa/w400-h300/boycott.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">You have to admire the courage of these students who maintained a silent vigil throughout all the hateful rhetoric. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPwuKArFG8-zDgwxNyD5bJXzKChXL39IuI3WBW22WNecY2jUlSGIcsx64oQHx0mCWrryE7rnm8Kqf9LGWhWaW8v2mHxQ2hb6Eorgnl1Y1JGw3ye_O3qk9mFUn9VM7BMcqhtT1XuHVBg4m9DBlADy49z1CfLoCQRA6yrlu9hKvpJZo-zqQBQpRpXw8eiYfc/s1400/israel.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="979" data-original-width="1400" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPwuKArFG8-zDgwxNyD5bJXzKChXL39IuI3WBW22WNecY2jUlSGIcsx64oQHx0mCWrryE7rnm8Kqf9LGWhWaW8v2mHxQ2hb6Eorgnl1Y1JGw3ye_O3qk9mFUn9VM7BMcqhtT1XuHVBg4m9DBlADy49z1CfLoCQRA6yrlu9hKvpJZo-zqQBQpRpXw8eiYfc/w400-h280/israel.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The police were monitoring the event from a distance. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="680" height="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCD7CHpo2rz_PMrIGQ4sEjV5LobqgFJIvrQpi0MC6AAbvxfoSc6wSntJKfN2tFTMfe2kUfsxGwxZeFBNaf7syVjeWNt7KPKGswWv1iZIsA1JwsRZzDR4o0q_4IL7b0y0yc9DmwnhnTCLvD9nPTHxbucLLW2izFeomz-cK3-muQy5LUaY7w7CeWhd9C9JcP/w400-h393/mornons.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">My neighbor's pumpkin. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq-l8IWAoJ_1d3Tix-JUUcfbsAPgrxjphdl82ZI_HS7oJUlxNdtytQeD3VRUvCxaJiVmJoNxGrXshLsEFizEtN8Q5XXX5pnH-9owzT80i1FKTFbuwoB25ccQRrItcfBobEKcxjctObckiMKTqadgBexSVH_qD42iVZJZdyVWTagzVE8v3gZd2B1Q_T4Yxw/s1920/pump.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq-l8IWAoJ_1d3Tix-JUUcfbsAPgrxjphdl82ZI_HS7oJUlxNdtytQeD3VRUvCxaJiVmJoNxGrXshLsEFizEtN8Q5XXX5pnH-9owzT80i1FKTFbuwoB25ccQRrItcfBobEKcxjctObckiMKTqadgBexSVH_qD42iVZJZdyVWTagzVE8v3gZd2B1Q_T4Yxw/w480-h640/pump.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Mushrooms on my lawn. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBR9yefBL5SUPMhvcCpmR-nslk7Hk_fawt4-SiZR0gIbRPz9ZXPHmiG1NQ4Q7E8jK5iqceExW_olZqf5p2I2AHYq8Dp8hgzSLQTmjOfgoZZcfVg1vrVQ8lsxHfywn_Xf6EOBKaaushwY5OzbHUuPEZvtYL1RU9oslHR1HmDyzoJ-dmjxPeylFhwzAouwnq/s1920/mush.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBR9yefBL5SUPMhvcCpmR-nslk7Hk_fawt4-SiZR0gIbRPz9ZXPHmiG1NQ4Q7E8jK5iqceExW_olZqf5p2I2AHYq8Dp8hgzSLQTmjOfgoZZcfVg1vrVQ8lsxHfywn_Xf6EOBKaaushwY5OzbHUuPEZvtYL1RU9oslHR1HmDyzoJ-dmjxPeylFhwzAouwnq/w480-h640/mush.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Like many in our Valley I am saddened by the news of the death of longtime local TV dude Sy Becker, shown below with the late former Springfield City Councilor Dan Walsh in 2022. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAj9h5lYI-c3DhHCsyvx5a6ssaE0EB9eeDYeCBZt8pKjooyiKPEZfhHENudWl0i0XuMSBtzbHzGw_wsTg5WIxMbsaGDKgeRIj3tiRYH6904NW7Hhl5VKcRekVKQ8zJq2wtfEDXay2zEyZaG4CxkoBS0xFMOaN9a3vbx26hbV_DpEV1XNtRhknLuU0Z8CWA/w400-h300/chase.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I was thinking of taking advantage of their offer to give you $225 bucks for free if you open an account. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMyCwUp489pkwNr1M9HynHUDRnoLeKt0gLm944ns3dI8fhGjIMnI8AjqdImcKOhQubZavb5mMss2gIbd38BIvXKOW-nl5ZLFreIGCQ-VGu5kEJTtlQBR3kEjC2_XJXC3OrN7bF-qbZO4XwtAA_vQZAzcjdwSfSRuSMKN8FT1MxtVlCdFr24BXFBS1jaME1/s640/enjoys.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMyCwUp489pkwNr1M9HynHUDRnoLeKt0gLm944ns3dI8fhGjIMnI8AjqdImcKOhQubZavb5mMss2gIbd38BIvXKOW-nl5ZLFreIGCQ-VGu5kEJTtlQBR3kEjC2_XJXC3OrN7bF-qbZO4XwtAA_vQZAzcjdwSfSRuSMKN8FT1MxtVlCdFr24BXFBS1jaME1/w320-h320/enjoys.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">In the end I chose not to open an account, but I did enjoy the opportunity to check out how they have remodeled the joint since it was converted from the late, lamented <a href="https://tommydevine.blogspot.com/2022/05/a-bench.html">Silverscape</a> jewelry store. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Of course the beautiful antique skylight was left untouched. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I forgot to ask him whether he was there dealing or stealing. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinuocLG4QC72sKN7mkjFca-5RpyVU4O_NEOE1Qm3pEiNCHnVILEIG6Omjn_JIDYkLNVuDoEGBhKDuYnEJys9Kt9DZ5Kvdg6MMq6gmePjrEqhePSAQ-IPond7kasRrk5HMCVUhrROcIuCa-xy6RAuib65fcdC9eHECG42aCNf1IZtXW7-hiGhr2d-hy0Q9f/s1400/kogut.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="934" data-original-width="1400" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinuocLG4QC72sKN7mkjFca-5RpyVU4O_NEOE1Qm3pEiNCHnVILEIG6Omjn_JIDYkLNVuDoEGBhKDuYnEJys9Kt9DZ5Kvdg6MMq6gmePjrEqhePSAQ-IPond7kasRrk5HMCVUhrROcIuCa-xy6RAuib65fcdC9eHECG42aCNf1IZtXW7-hiGhr2d-hy0Q9f/w400-h266/kogut.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Last week I swung by the Saturday Farmer's Market in downtown Hamp. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihQA4a7Y_TWGIYxVqv2eZlKh4W-O7Uzn5bLMaZaN6mPt_w0scrJgHNrjImhVohjXsHTrrmZ1gMeMZ5aOUPNcA8hVubVgFNUpQYvtoPu0nADQ_3hVFpH2yn54XZBbZWFtngZp6_2TZrac-RLEmBhIpmgi4KcyTvqbPwKZoEgMrgR-aqsatKnzt59z5NVOtC/w400-h300/union.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">....where you are greeted by Richie Neal. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEJdDujChZQCyC7FJikM4L0Yv4mH02paQqadfV5I1AkHHRwryddA4vHJX2HjbZGkV3xzjl5tavQVDYSzuleQghKOXTXaXapPuGd0be44y1IFhZs5LX17dkv1weHFKpCjw0xW8sUqaHih1fN1eqPGW8jqJEzdwFNOrXbuG_NayMDgMmrTdYx4TM3pKH0gdc/s1920/neal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEJdDujChZQCyC7FJikM4L0Yv4mH02paQqadfV5I1AkHHRwryddA4vHJX2HjbZGkV3xzjl5tavQVDYSzuleQghKOXTXaXapPuGd0be44y1IFhZs5LX17dkv1weHFKpCjw0xW8sUqaHih1fN1eqPGW8jqJEzdwFNOrXbuG_NayMDgMmrTdYx4TM3pKH0gdc/w480-h640/neal.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Having a little time to kill, I decided to stroll over to the <i>Springfield Newspapers</i> building. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_DNCpI70F2Fjqv739UK81S_2oMpSeKVuvSuNe9qotGG53AFwP4OQhYtEtNLmYNj1gwEClXV0ZHa1TDeCAInbfDeUlNBKucV_jyJkM01nnf-bI7fQWZQfPy88CLoPiksmBU5EBRfVbZmo_dVPGsUs7eA7h4U7UOPm4uoiMv5Zo1d7qRy0SzaUppc13zECS/s1920/paper.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_DNCpI70F2Fjqv739UK81S_2oMpSeKVuvSuNe9qotGG53AFwP4OQhYtEtNLmYNj1gwEClXV0ZHa1TDeCAInbfDeUlNBKucV_jyJkM01nnf-bI7fQWZQfPy88CLoPiksmBU5EBRfVbZmo_dVPGsUs7eA7h4U7UOPm4uoiMv5Zo1d7qRy0SzaUppc13zECS/w400-h300/paper.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I was surprised to see that no part of the building is still open to the public, with simply a sign on their tightly locked door with a list of websites and phone numbers to address whatever concerns you might have if you are one of their dwindling subscribers. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT99_6ObUTlDnS5LQjk3Uwk-_8UbUwrv7Ahnpo9CXSe3kwQD85LoVc2nPWnfpit4UtrAsD8VSrc2cX-MyKNjKvXSEcvFiwLQ4UN1GW1sNYOkycmfcuKMoU5QIeEkuke2Ppowsjgehkkg_UfVPgpGhBmvBGjnCIW4VH4DC5ANCTEC_H3nhhYbLWKZNUod5o/s1920/undoor.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT99_6ObUTlDnS5LQjk3Uwk-_8UbUwrv7Ahnpo9CXSe3kwQD85LoVc2nPWnfpit4UtrAsD8VSrc2cX-MyKNjKvXSEcvFiwLQ4UN1GW1sNYOkycmfcuKMoU5QIeEkuke2Ppowsjgehkkg_UfVPgpGhBmvBGjnCIW4VH4DC5ANCTEC_H3nhhYbLWKZNUod5o/w400-h300/undoor.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">From what I could see through the window, the area that was once the newsroom is now completely deserted. I don't know where what's left of their staff is working from, but it ain't where it used to be.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The building is not totally abandoned. At one end of it there is now a pot shop, which is a bit ironic, since in better days the paper was never an advocate for weed legalization. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNJaxRVVTl8EG8xPByzZpqt3hd9dLwTVKvOy__MiI1afpYY-PINU0o7A4EqdT3-mjGn_jTBSJ2zb104nqCgZdOrG-bajw0JcM82v4vL41I85jg0EGj_UW-QFgO6PGSmQTow4bzUqmU-qWPlCAxxU4eO02QKD_5Van258v6ptXK6lf3SJc3QmswqQCDpTcj/s1920/bricks.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNJaxRVVTl8EG8xPByzZpqt3hd9dLwTVKvOy__MiI1afpYY-PINU0o7A4EqdT3-mjGn_jTBSJ2zb104nqCgZdOrG-bajw0JcM82v4vL41I85jg0EGj_UW-QFgO6PGSmQTow4bzUqmU-qWPlCAxxU4eO02QKD_5Van258v6ptXK6lf3SJc3QmswqQCDpTcj/w400-h300/bricks.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">As a kid I had the largest paper route in Pine Point and in the 1980's I used to work in that very building. In the 90's I was a sharp critic of their editorial policies, among <a href="http://tommydevine.blogspot.com/2023/07/al-giordano-1959-2023.html">others</a>, and I still disagree with their views on a pretty regular basis. Still, I couldn't help but feel a little sad standing there before their shuttered headquarters, seeing first hand how far they have fallen. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Yet, apparently someone still raises the flag on the corner. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimbsOT46vbPJ5ACgprDJ1MMmWSy-iPkQOY08xbvdBwZLcZurHJC888CEomB2HgnMZb3_e4S3Vc7S151M8wMTa_2LY9hR1AWONpcaDV1cajgdmiqOnKmVTOx7ZRhTEvhdYNA0rysOPgEg0iyQX6tRb-O20zwTdwpwyGWISlAv1aX6mYJiBg5V4irgWHyOlV/s1920/flag.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimbsOT46vbPJ5ACgprDJ1MMmWSy-iPkQOY08xbvdBwZLcZurHJC888CEomB2HgnMZb3_e4S3Vc7S151M8wMTa_2LY9hR1AWONpcaDV1cajgdmiqOnKmVTOx7ZRhTEvhdYNA0rysOPgEg0iyQX6tRb-O20zwTdwpwyGWISlAv1aX6mYJiBg5V4irgWHyOlV/w400-h300/flag.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> <br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I recovered my good mood by visiting <i>Jake's Cafe</i> down the street, one of downtown's few remaining remnants from the old days. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg8rtkTlfRemiVYP99m00i93DIu7Hus1riKMCkpy1dQltv8PZRzFacVRHUayxVZLIWxyII8rv9Mih5goTKmvmOseqwpac2rbShUI6AaSYO6XKRYNUWkq3teSMq7BF5Tt3ksCPRijDxI_4JJZiaS1eyPuErXlIEtJ1HJ0k6dZ92Yv8teUwZzrSGgxhXffuc/s1920/jake.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg8rtkTlfRemiVYP99m00i93DIu7Hus1riKMCkpy1dQltv8PZRzFacVRHUayxVZLIWxyII8rv9Mih5goTKmvmOseqwpac2rbShUI6AaSYO6XKRYNUWkq3teSMq7BF5Tt3ksCPRijDxI_4JJZiaS1eyPuErXlIEtJ1HJ0k6dZ92Yv8teUwZzrSGgxhXffuc/w480-h640/jake.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Meanwhile, you might consider visiting Springfield yourself on the first evening of November. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVtluU8BHg4ylNpUPNjlT1sezU-KmSChNDU9kUZKDk45HrcRicir8C3HwsiMtpLsQBx_tiFxtnBCcwxPfC2dPcy26tvbE6Pop07ISKiUfLi80FWPXM20bDJSB0nq3GblGmX_jrL948xohMMoVDDAGqTLa7sPAjP9MXCwNTldMpvCOcr4XqW1pSJnlnL4QC/s526/dylan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVtluU8BHg4ylNpUPNjlT1sezU-KmSChNDU9kUZKDk45HrcRicir8C3HwsiMtpLsQBx_tiFxtnBCcwxPfC2dPcy26tvbE6Pop07ISKiUfLi80FWPXM20bDJSB0nq3GblGmX_jrL948xohMMoVDDAGqTLa7sPAjP9MXCwNTldMpvCOcr4XqW1pSJnlnL4QC/w400-h400/dylan.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Back in Hamp, my neighbor Ruthy was gathering the trash downtown without using one drop of gasoline. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA8BGo-xEqPS2ezFJ_LBtLZzCO5Q0rx0n3o2dePARHwnFxsfSKgml09x5OKBXDyzgzvI4PVweCR7UxtnLcJf9HIwOKdZHpEyCbY8N1bR53vTjp7eukD0N4O8Da2XsGZWlULUMjzaoEULHuYKON1AEdk2CGq_nlXEGPdj29TdBvykmNBSPU3Vha_uzRtBdK/s1920/ruthy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA8BGo-xEqPS2ezFJ_LBtLZzCO5Q0rx0n3o2dePARHwnFxsfSKgml09x5OKBXDyzgzvI4PVweCR7UxtnLcJf9HIwOKdZHpEyCbY8N1bR53vTjp7eukD0N4O8Da2XsGZWlULUMjzaoEULHuYKON1AEdk2CGq_nlXEGPdj29TdBvykmNBSPU3Vha_uzRtBdK/w400-h300/ruthy.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">As a free speech absolutist, I generally agree with this sentiment expressed in the window of <i>Broadside Books</i> - as long as it applies to <i>adults</i>. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I hope the planned "renovations" don't destroy its historic beauty. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9CPWdJDQF-6QIno2FQXJl8mPKvJx8HzVOmU3CUDvf2iVJgUL98PArV-TnwVmV7l83qmxv-5Pn6Im_yatkYg3X2J7NFEMILuW7SOlUZDtgQKAnZZsKM_gEXuQcXJfvCMcER0LGt2PhPEFHjdLUJYEnzJ29f6n7oSuXcoTqgfRRA8Tf5zFziayFgH7IYy4a/s526/jones.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="526" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9CPWdJDQF-6QIno2FQXJl8mPKvJx8HzVOmU3CUDvf2iVJgUL98PArV-TnwVmV7l83qmxv-5Pn6Im_yatkYg3X2J7NFEMILuW7SOlUZDtgQKAnZZsKM_gEXuQcXJfvCMcER0LGt2PhPEFHjdLUJYEnzJ29f6n7oSuXcoTqgfRRA8Tf5zFziayFgH7IYy4a/w400-h300/jones.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">At UMass this kid had a really cool Grateful Dead hoodie. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZmrHPgilcI2-TuHPJKOh5xm6m81Cov-yZYt0XQvX4GFk7kU55288oLvP3uoBvNZXezMZ7Xtpt4mfVFOtxlBnsb0_72D91mESM7h4OYqqWR9cM-wrL_P7nx98zOhraQH4Hb54l9sxsu3Z7UCJQFbZqnp13m7KnIfGGt31Zby1dgHXj7qEz3beO_OoMmv5h/w480-h640/rain.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Chief Metawampe, an Indian who helped the early Western Mass settlers (before the Agawams, Chicopees and other local tribes were driven into extinction) surveys the start of yet another UMass semester. Campus legend has it that if a virgin ever graduates from UMass, Metawampe's loin cloth will fall off. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKMbiYiH3sMf7kjWAwGuUVolqEKiYDTP20jeWP-i3d029yrdlMpLTelFHnOzY4PL77ku_wuevYHduy0GyAKtqczCoAmAVhQ70Tfiuu0-jxilLtyousizFsHX1gReLBddJU9yFc3ebRkBXPSl5kERzOmcbALw6dJG3KnsTazhe3h_CY2_2o72Ior5ZqY56a/s1920/meta.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKMbiYiH3sMf7kjWAwGuUVolqEKiYDTP20jeWP-i3d029yrdlMpLTelFHnOzY4PL77ku_wuevYHduy0GyAKtqczCoAmAVhQ70Tfiuu0-jxilLtyousizFsHX1gReLBddJU9yFc3ebRkBXPSl5kERzOmcbALw6dJG3KnsTazhe3h_CY2_2o72Ior5ZqY56a/w400-h300/meta.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">He was actually the mascot of UMass for over a century, during which their teams were called "The Redmen" until he was dethroned in modern times by protesters who claimed the use of the mascot was somehow racist. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">He was replaced as the University mascot by "The Minutemen" but he too has fallen under the disapproving gaze of the politically correct, who have denounced him as a white supremacist carrying a gun. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRmwmQe0XM0fI1ZVQsPpzfRsv-1dTiZLuXcURaw7X3oSkFNuaJdO3UulL5-mRQdMMhBstv9XoSoPsVS2lF7KubGEparnSdNjIuydH_LBKvbAajHWQAJmp5TAxRGTAHr3JHqUSutJ6fdLYW-lBIsL2dvp5bl_2FjBC9911wQ5Lt2q0QVwGTF-IrNRMJjnf8/s5359/mintu.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3573" data-original-width="5359" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRmwmQe0XM0fI1ZVQsPpzfRsv-1dTiZLuXcURaw7X3oSkFNuaJdO3UulL5-mRQdMMhBstv9XoSoPsVS2lF7KubGEparnSdNjIuydH_LBKvbAajHWQAJmp5TAxRGTAHr3JHqUSutJ6fdLYW-lBIsL2dvp5bl_2FjBC9911wQ5Lt2q0QVwGTF-IrNRMJjnf8/w400-h266/mintu.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Sometimes you just can't win for tryin'. Chief Metawampe does have one consolation, however. The faded base of his statue still faintly reads “Legendary Spirit of the Redmen.” <br /> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYY5cOxR8u_8BACI36xXjks92ghv53ZDQaarMOH945Jt-YNeL65u5nS8MPYdrtSfgF8DLfp9e6R_axHfEZMkVvEk9f7J72gvST048YOJ9I9o1bjEENpAIc-MSljNvpIMxcJ3fPKJmU00MDZ0jzAGZ9_U51DzKi5wXpJQKX7Or2FbErWrigBmkLdyyYk61K/s346/redmen.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="102" data-original-width="346" height="94" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYY5cOxR8u_8BACI36xXjks92ghv53ZDQaarMOH945Jt-YNeL65u5nS8MPYdrtSfgF8DLfp9e6R_axHfEZMkVvEk9f7J72gvST048YOJ9I9o1bjEENpAIc-MSljNvpIMxcJ3fPKJmU00MDZ0jzAGZ9_U51DzKi5wXpJQKX7Or2FbErWrigBmkLdyyYk61K/s320/redmen.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It is not clear, however, that modern UMass students have any idea of what that once meant. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Anyway, The UMass Farmer's Market was a big success today, despite their sagging sign. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP4_gkMzArRsgkmX6hIHcElOGXZbkaDk1Muvpch0ue0zO795aP3H5EjlFdyEyKbf5mON-O_b2zMnkE-vT7JOUKTgaZzyRDTTzgCM--Anwxky_HBzwM-0fvSQhaL_OL6p5VxfMHtwG2hToBFSTFN3fqP_OJOw2pmt-cZfuhOq5D75vpuz4ADpNJ1fW__S_w/s1920/sag.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP4_gkMzArRsgkmX6hIHcElOGXZbkaDk1Muvpch0ue0zO795aP3H5EjlFdyEyKbf5mON-O_b2zMnkE-vT7JOUKTgaZzyRDTTzgCM--Anwxky_HBzwM-0fvSQhaL_OL6p5VxfMHtwG2hToBFSTFN3fqP_OJOw2pmt-cZfuhOq5D75vpuz4ADpNJ1fW__S_w/w400-h300/sag.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">A wide variety of food stuffs were for sale, most of it grown by the students in the Stockbridge agricultural program at UMass. Not much in the way of bargains, however. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIjquGli_PTaqjl0i06ZJ2Xw-5NGBvBa8IV1dBBBOzuOXkQpUXfCK7VqBSVBcbScYfeRV3SfPbkNFL1oq52e68lz9V7gfqPVxGq3ef-4BwYolvYmgoED6bycg2kMFfFPXWAiC-EppK4Ue1bAtFLeHme7FYUwliZkQf9Itvz3RIfVMpd8kNz5sd2kS-8maS/s1920/menu.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIjquGli_PTaqjl0i06ZJ2Xw-5NGBvBa8IV1dBBBOzuOXkQpUXfCK7VqBSVBcbScYfeRV3SfPbkNFL1oq52e68lz9V7gfqPVxGq3ef-4BwYolvYmgoED6bycg2kMFfFPXWAiC-EppK4Ue1bAtFLeHme7FYUwliZkQf9Itvz3RIfVMpd8kNz5sd2kS-8maS/w400-h300/menu.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Alas, by the time I got there all the sacred mushrooms had sold out. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqXRr2Zy8-XYDxGdpWCF9XqQ4xxgjcs--TR8Y8ICsO-c5tk9yPj5KW82T-DajBojJTl-JoMJ3Ked1ZzO5H5iyRf9LxVbFea-xx46s-ygQW9JB1s7lkutKnutIf9clDGAXpdFWxG0adbzhRFhneVXM2iRh-7kn5lGFtjVlaXHCgdJudbTAYMiwsJ907TuWf/s1920/club.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqXRr2Zy8-XYDxGdpWCF9XqQ4xxgjcs--TR8Y8ICsO-c5tk9yPj5KW82T-DajBojJTl-JoMJ3Ked1ZzO5H5iyRf9LxVbFea-xx46s-ygQW9JB1s7lkutKnutIf9clDGAXpdFWxG0adbzhRFhneVXM2iRh-7kn5lGFtjVlaXHCgdJudbTAYMiwsJ907TuWf/w400-h300/club.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Bombyx in the Florence section of Northampton is a hot new venue for the local music scene, but what the hell does art have to do with equity?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWerVWUIMKRL_QzzI0LDxUIZBozPBX0PBrc8nYKtKbOPAvW7weaMJStm5Gu3GiOK-aQTr4pmRP7O2NI5cbsMzlDe1vdrygKkfW6zQQKfoh9ptsoWrxPH2tMSuYa7613VuNkMIHwe2cCfhCXqSqfPV3YPCEVJ1JAc9u6Kyf6jK6T0oF8uiP4YbssTciQj8A/s1400/bombyx.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1227" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWerVWUIMKRL_QzzI0LDxUIZBozPBX0PBrc8nYKtKbOPAvW7weaMJStm5Gu3GiOK-aQTr4pmRP7O2NI5cbsMzlDe1vdrygKkfW6zQQKfoh9ptsoWrxPH2tMSuYa7613VuNkMIHwe2cCfhCXqSqfPV3YPCEVJ1JAc9u6Kyf6jK6T0oF8uiP4YbssTciQj8A/w350-h400/bombyx.jpg" width="350" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Unfortunately, the joint is not very popular with their neighbors, who complain that there is not enough parking and the shows are too wild and noisy. Well, not <a href="https://www.gazettenet.com/Letter-to-the-editor-51097974">everyone</a>. Across the street, Sojourner Truth hasn't complained even once. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFPlLODGAiln7v3lZl8QNxgrD7qVY74rSCAauqwcpT6xRRUO2C7JiEhbHbTEwqb6ZyyWy6da-DjiC03-IPAL4ZLv2QySo3LUDr9EIHJ6pJ0giEBTKczxSFBiHk33ETZRBtlFQYTVKnxwsU416S0ygbvtMtp-mjA7V_7-KC9VLhqE9zNvCjFaJKnFA1fj3v/s1920/souj.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFPlLODGAiln7v3lZl8QNxgrD7qVY74rSCAauqwcpT6xRRUO2C7JiEhbHbTEwqb6ZyyWy6da-DjiC03-IPAL4ZLv2QySo3LUDr9EIHJ6pJ0giEBTKczxSFBiHk33ETZRBtlFQYTVKnxwsU416S0ygbvtMtp-mjA7V_7-KC9VLhqE9zNvCjFaJKnFA1fj3v/w400-h300/souj.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Perhaps those mad neighbors should be alerted to this form of anger management offered on a UMass billboard.</span></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJKz7Ji2xVv_RTT_LymTGipwlfbibFI-gJvirZ-T010HKv4BAdwoD7f-batXw43BkiVlLz3hmLElJ7q-L3v2HS8LtAc3dwUMvl3vAQ5P9Y8YW1nVsOdBMAy4eZvD822-k3aWGltueVDk0cFV21QkljG0a1clGA7RCjuahy8XJHomR5mfap8qUczaIEujL/s540/top.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="274" data-original-width="540" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJKz7Ji2xVv_RTT_LymTGipwlfbibFI-gJvirZ-T010HKv4BAdwoD7f-batXw43BkiVlLz3hmLElJ7q-L3v2HS8LtAc3dwUMvl3vAQ5P9Y8YW1nVsOdBMAy4eZvD822-k3aWGltueVDk0cFV21QkljG0a1clGA7RCjuahy8XJHomR5mfap8qUczaIEujL/w400-h203/top.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10900475514170268904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023556716422736970.post-66857794558657746982023-09-07T15:22:00.007-04:002023-09-07T16:03:42.835-04:00New Neilson<p><span style="font-size: medium;">One of the Valley's nicest libraries is the Neilson Library on the campus of Smith College in Northampton. It was built in 1909, but in the past few years it has undergone a major renovation, although it looks the same from the outside. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg55NddFQ6fntG0PQ5oeFTw5QunweOaEGdRECSiynqfxuty_H7-CHqV1gHGwzTWm_5ncR-lfGqzBjChy6FfYE9kkO4Xaq3TymRiGQq3V9LDAKO4TdG_WnkkselAUrbL4uVQGRE8gQLYQXKv97rp1j41jMVamRQnJVkQaUczEHZ3HLV99TQZYqw0e0xcDEjQ/s1920/neilson.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg55NddFQ6fntG0PQ5oeFTw5QunweOaEGdRECSiynqfxuty_H7-CHqV1gHGwzTWm_5ncR-lfGqzBjChy6FfYE9kkO4Xaq3TymRiGQq3V9LDAKO4TdG_WnkkselAUrbL4uVQGRE8gQLYQXKv97rp1j41jMVamRQnJVkQaUczEHZ3HLV99TQZYqw0e0xcDEjQ/w400-h300/neilson.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Although the original facade was preserved, much has changed inside. Let's check it out. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ceBA87dCHplo9DEEdvxCtMEsU3-P_wXxST5o7BDy-rKbS3GCd1EbCTQ7OoPdl59kADe8hun2jS01BzeVKh1Xg-QVdj1C2ZPw7_OryT7mQdIw8sJMfvzPkaKI96gdSgy0IHt7oNvQp1AYRG0nmha7je03wwd3EPVOgtow31Cp3xJ5pNplz_lJdsKyfLlS/s1920/welcome.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ceBA87dCHplo9DEEdvxCtMEsU3-P_wXxST5o7BDy-rKbS3GCd1EbCTQ7OoPdl59kADe8hun2jS01BzeVKh1Xg-QVdj1C2ZPw7_OryT7mQdIw8sJMfvzPkaKI96gdSgy0IHt7oNvQp1AYRG0nmha7je03wwd3EPVOgtow31Cp3xJ5pNplz_lJdsKyfLlS/w400-h300/welcome.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">One thing that has not changed is the gorgeously antique and historic fireplace that is just inside the entrance. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_hueMCKikgBN5DMrLy2IvATxdLgsPPl2SdU_UTCvxX2Q9FiS9DH0l3gcEV5sL6GBYcBtq-68gDD1ZuF4Q25MtEiKnmdJMLgRkJxjG2eIoPzw2wHCS_ih-DVn401OEEeK-AzWuYa4tH8p5a47T2AIrtd4DeZMly9i35-mnuUMHRpW3WCIxcgIQLzMHH03Y/s1920/fplance.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_hueMCKikgBN5DMrLy2IvATxdLgsPPl2SdU_UTCvxX2Q9FiS9DH0l3gcEV5sL6GBYcBtq-68gDD1ZuF4Q25MtEiKnmdJMLgRkJxjG2eIoPzw2wHCS_ih-DVn401OEEeK-AzWuYa4tH8p5a47T2AIrtd4DeZMly9i35-mnuUMHRpW3WCIxcgIQLzMHH03Y/w480-h640/fplance.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This printing press from the 1830's is still on the scene. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKkNIuufick7wcxAZbR6Iej5w3aM7F7IDnIJ7hquQSEQUhzQQF8HXmFl3TB0oYjUCpv7O0bmJA5wkmtutUu2vj9NyrdTavHY4HeHNpxQwAlGNz0jrsaXGwYJ_OpZPe2NjPS0cqQos20UtO5E_gsP0377FIi1xcJhA1U3SNxtL3QdxTUyRStL8nt-zDG0GG/s1920/press.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKkNIuufick7wcxAZbR6Iej5w3aM7F7IDnIJ7hquQSEQUhzQQF8HXmFl3TB0oYjUCpv7O0bmJA5wkmtutUu2vj9NyrdTavHY4HeHNpxQwAlGNz0jrsaXGwYJ_OpZPe2NjPS0cqQos20UtO5E_gsP0377FIi1xcJhA1U3SNxtL3QdxTUyRStL8nt-zDG0GG/w300-h400/press.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">However, the rest of the joint is much transformed, with multiple layers of expansions and additions. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOPNyHKtrKZMeD9phU2QKSrnYs-QqUWfB2lLKxsVRQSrTKRZGucqn9wIeYSHiR_l06nir1tUcNsulolR6rXNLfF3Hu8pGzvofpUDIRtbB7sxK_yHyQZPrXwxE-PtDWAydkIni6D0rj738urzVZ8W6L8wlWeK_mHJ0fynT9iGDh9Re4WUvJCMhZndkYgDMn/s1920/lookdown.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOPNyHKtrKZMeD9phU2QKSrnYs-QqUWfB2lLKxsVRQSrTKRZGucqn9wIeYSHiR_l06nir1tUcNsulolR6rXNLfF3Hu8pGzvofpUDIRtbB7sxK_yHyQZPrXwxE-PtDWAydkIni6D0rj738urzVZ8W6L8wlWeK_mHJ0fynT9iGDh9Re4WUvJCMhZndkYgDMn/w400-h300/lookdown.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">My favorite addition is this study room and lounge erected on the roof. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZDQmVv337byzcFBtjvv6SZVK_TvYAxC6QdJkwQkRy5dt6NtLLPZi1M3boE5XXYBC86pq8T3bfEHj02mO3eVKfM8jQcp-ZQTKeZIOLI3756kDoSmUyySr-wC3VT6uDmi2v0RAKPYgCNw48BqI1K611VBwrJqEk52HJ9-AHhRpPLRyKHPvpjkYrCkfkYBtJ/s1920/skyroom.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZDQmVv337byzcFBtjvv6SZVK_TvYAxC6QdJkwQkRy5dt6NtLLPZi1M3boE5XXYBC86pq8T3bfEHj02mO3eVKfM8jQcp-ZQTKeZIOLI3756kDoSmUyySr-wC3VT6uDmi2v0RAKPYgCNw48BqI1K611VBwrJqEk52HJ9-AHhRpPLRyKHPvpjkYrCkfkYBtJ/w400-h300/skyroom.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Those wishing to take a break can step outside onto the roof itself, with tables, chairs and a beautiful view of what the local Indians called "The Seven Sisters" but which we moderns call the Holyoke mountain range. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOqG5uLVs_gBDcVKBtlVtVJsqssa00SAfjsnk-tAI44kUCl5-Bj7KuiBC-iFpQSuBsrLfAF56ytUafMnyJV3J9IaKftndVcS0UnReyHGNz1rOm2LYZ5Gz86z7YmX_4jil5tCMNlwF9pGK2nhM5czdS6SLLXx-qy7EcoiIgptEhIIzEv60oJxKykXgfAjXx/s1920/view.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOqG5uLVs_gBDcVKBtlVtVJsqssa00SAfjsnk-tAI44kUCl5-Bj7KuiBC-iFpQSuBsrLfAF56ytUafMnyJV3J9IaKftndVcS0UnReyHGNz1rOm2LYZ5Gz86z7YmX_4jil5tCMNlwF9pGK2nhM5czdS6SLLXx-qy7EcoiIgptEhIIzEv60oJxKykXgfAjXx/w400-h300/view.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I sometimes cringe when I hear that a historic building is being "restored" as such restorations are too often merely a means to funnel money through politically connected contractors for projects that sometimes end up degrading the building's beauty and reducing their historic importance. I am happy to report that this is not the case with the Neilson renovation, which has generally received rave reviews, as evidenced by this graffiti on a library bulletin board. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7L-C1mVbJsBHuoLyd0KYW-yKohWXjaQijmeomyVkQViM8Op4xazsOES-dB10OVBDlfEyxLjjjFQh2Jgt5LO24TGjdIwyGV3iUDNJzhN-nx4yWa8Q_R-lb-ryVGd5A1EEIzrfPr3Uja0SLZGMn2ZSZxe-Yx4epqli-gHOS7zfGGHKmaq5D6HfE-cMRoSGD/s1920/lovieit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7L-C1mVbJsBHuoLyd0KYW-yKohWXjaQijmeomyVkQViM8Op4xazsOES-dB10OVBDlfEyxLjjjFQh2Jgt5LO24TGjdIwyGV3iUDNJzhN-nx4yWa8Q_R-lb-ryVGd5A1EEIzrfPr3Uja0SLZGMn2ZSZxe-Yx4epqli-gHOS7zfGGHKmaq5D6HfE-cMRoSGD/w400-h300/lovieit.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> <br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Meanwhile, at UMass, they're baaack....</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcYBaLTtcDIOkLWE9tWpeU92J60UuxyWNdoyb8TbXnQjhuEh13SI34qLXYkaFPDrHaDormDU9OYFUrelNn3j2Pp0QooYiX9EqvHMqHw20b_B-1NbLkmAgT5wKiWur2Hzr4t6zhyM6Q7ety7byQTAfvDnqBfZQGjNzlGDGnu5mZdQVkvR6bDv54ecHPIW5d/s1920/back.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcYBaLTtcDIOkLWE9tWpeU92J60UuxyWNdoyb8TbXnQjhuEh13SI34qLXYkaFPDrHaDormDU9OYFUrelNn3j2Pp0QooYiX9EqvHMqHw20b_B-1NbLkmAgT5wKiWur2Hzr4t6zhyM6Q7ety7byQTAfvDnqBfZQGjNzlGDGnu5mZdQVkvR6bDv54ecHPIW5d/w400-h300/back.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> Every year the age of the students remains the same - but I am older. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Flashback to the Sunderland summer of 2019. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOl9hHFcS6rdrbie0t6eQ6Bu17iT1YYad4VOduXVkaa_j6MI9CzX98WVj1b0EA0sRFwYik3G25rAwvTC2WXLwFyueTmzSsQLpJTUmk5ctkUkuWq5s2nmXN5TB8eyXWCvEHdzQy8t2jpHTdJWBoGaFnjMlgnZrh8-KkSbnQ4JZrHn-ASjPcrnFaiFpkaoe3/s1400/ruthy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="1400" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOl9hHFcS6rdrbie0t6eQ6Bu17iT1YYad4VOduXVkaa_j6MI9CzX98WVj1b0EA0sRFwYik3G25rAwvTC2WXLwFyueTmzSsQLpJTUmk5ctkUkuWq5s2nmXN5TB8eyXWCvEHdzQy8t2jpHTdJWBoGaFnjMlgnZrh8-KkSbnQ4JZrHn-ASjPcrnFaiFpkaoe3/w400-h305/ruthy.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I always thought that the former <i>Mama Iguana</i> restaurant in downtown Northampton was overrated. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhriR42-1qyC7FMQrFwJr1dXwyJBa7aCGkJbXFn_1XE-FpkA0bAU4j33ofLN9Ge3xQuU82Y0wKT8S-G8maaZz7386I4T6m4KtZpCjBpEuOxtz0QAh2_uS8f3hJVbX6W5YpOfMxFSOGTx7ytUL5UF0gG8VgB80WynyfY7gH1GKqMmklsYMaSHe3urV4WikoM/s800/mama.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhriR42-1qyC7FMQrFwJr1dXwyJBa7aCGkJbXFn_1XE-FpkA0bAU4j33ofLN9Ge3xQuU82Y0wKT8S-G8maaZz7386I4T6m4KtZpCjBpEuOxtz0QAh2_uS8f3hJVbX6W5YpOfMxFSOGTx7ytUL5UF0gG8VgB80WynyfY7gH1GKqMmklsYMaSHe3urV4WikoM/w400-h266/mama.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Recently I tried their replacement, the<i> Mexcalito Taco Bar</i>. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5zUwE0Rbc8IdhtuYTiAZ2CiBtCjJSBy3paTcgrJyzQJE2pETl-iezeSLGAoHtXe-aZT-3TBEa9MX-1k2fo6n46EUmbGBXpy23dvD13AQyQakid2xJ5TkPC4s3O2cnvmrrWYOu2sr5rf__LNjvSRPUTy_IonlHzW9_UerkSMM87RjPQmKpOfu2FdHb31OE/s1920/mexcalito.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5zUwE0Rbc8IdhtuYTiAZ2CiBtCjJSBy3paTcgrJyzQJE2pETl-iezeSLGAoHtXe-aZT-3TBEa9MX-1k2fo6n46EUmbGBXpy23dvD13AQyQakid2xJ5TkPC4s3O2cnvmrrWYOu2sr5rf__LNjvSRPUTy_IonlHzW9_UerkSMM87RjPQmKpOfu2FdHb31OE/w400-h300/mexcalito.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Inside it looks pretty much the same. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-pIuZFFlcR73i51jJE_AmSieP3a2iu4vWbNfE35F5cFxyJVVGBt6A6qFgZ1Kw38hX1U36x6cvtlZ5mMgTpo4wffuwLW-xbw98ESTMYQsqTcw33ea_fYrxwLr_H9GQVn1OGectQfm2RKydovvv8ReWZE24PocAwMOoIEjfIJaKUxbscfF3UCYTUwzzTNH/s1920/insdie.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-pIuZFFlcR73i51jJE_AmSieP3a2iu4vWbNfE35F5cFxyJVVGBt6A6qFgZ1Kw38hX1U36x6cvtlZ5mMgTpo4wffuwLW-xbw98ESTMYQsqTcw33ea_fYrxwLr_H9GQVn1OGectQfm2RKydovvv8ReWZE24PocAwMOoIEjfIJaKUxbscfF3UCYTUwzzTNH/w400-h300/insdie.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The tacos however, are absolutely great, like this delicious breaded fish taco. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif--8xnEWt2x9502hsHF3Wk3KzTTOkUa6s7oUuZ_JKAT5nXryJheGoYpiQArWg_0c_BSgtoB1EexN4NcmSxBGb4ESRAWa6Fv3-Jph33Xynz3b6rcWYTCOcP1VS8p_S_T_Y9pF-TxaVWKoU7zg88K27gwuqb1wamb8AFVBqCtGKH3kBEtPaxAlQYE_0psTC/s1400/fish.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1400" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif--8xnEWt2x9502hsHF3Wk3KzTTOkUa6s7oUuZ_JKAT5nXryJheGoYpiQArWg_0c_BSgtoB1EexN4NcmSxBGb4ESRAWa6Fv3-Jph33Xynz3b6rcWYTCOcP1VS8p_S_T_Y9pF-TxaVWKoU7zg88K27gwuqb1wamb8AFVBqCtGKH3kBEtPaxAlQYE_0psTC/w400-h270/fish.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I will definitely be going back!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Meanwhile, last week there was quite a crowd at the Hamp farmer's market. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB9RaLyDS1QR9XB4NcjHmy9auk5-483___yw1tuEu2ps5mt_bDiRb7qVzzaQvq-DGobx96uz5dyMX8MMUR9o5ZtM-v45bbf1lTjA5CzB-xhPLGomVke01xSW3lrjOXVKkXK-DcZVSuLHY0dHzGvaEdCNxQ8u3-ZDBJ5ScbcLN7Z0OMmSeBUiM2bftpkRIK/s1400/market.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1006" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB9RaLyDS1QR9XB4NcjHmy9auk5-483___yw1tuEu2ps5mt_bDiRb7qVzzaQvq-DGobx96uz5dyMX8MMUR9o5ZtM-v45bbf1lTjA5CzB-xhPLGomVke01xSW3lrjOXVKkXK-DcZVSuLHY0dHzGvaEdCNxQ8u3-ZDBJ5ScbcLN7Z0OMmSeBUiM2bftpkRIK/w460-h640/market.jpg" width="460" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The TV news was there telling everybody all about it. The late great Pine Pointer Karl Mayfield once lived in the building in the background on the third floor, where I often visited back in the long ago day. Good God, if those walls could talk. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0s3vjDJvo9tGpx9hrjjVHn9Fl6-uEpST2qOAxDXaA4dNqFrI0GVGdyQnxZVIkXt8vuAuWnkwgHm_h3O6OMLHBW7-p-mGy3FFpWx6VmAxJ6-IPKHq-IbtKOWouPMvTSG_BwhOj-BqKcBw3rHyZXy13o79vwwYirEh6FFUUxshqMlMUWt86w4rol-OL6r-Y/s1920/news.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0s3vjDJvo9tGpx9hrjjVHn9Fl6-uEpST2qOAxDXaA4dNqFrI0GVGdyQnxZVIkXt8vuAuWnkwgHm_h3O6OMLHBW7-p-mGy3FFpWx6VmAxJ6-IPKHq-IbtKOWouPMvTSG_BwhOj-BqKcBw3rHyZXy13o79vwwYirEh6FFUUxshqMlMUWt86w4rol-OL6r-Y/w400-h300/news.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Someone stenciled a creepy electronic face on this electric box by the <i>Academy of Music</i>. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh97vPV_HYon8N4BBSr0IJQA404cwRep-_CrEGjLxQ7ZepA63P7wF7aGvm4CGwmYtET-OT2U3AQ8hC0uoynirgQ7mTMXGIeo68I7_foOYj4aZ6VXCJcTiOco7ntOV3t5_IjdF9K8RjQp8LaxuSvWL1hDB06Az7WgE2CRgkmGrl-VSWR1z5YCXVlSQHKrrCo/s600/foruts.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="522" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh97vPV_HYon8N4BBSr0IJQA404cwRep-_CrEGjLxQ7ZepA63P7wF7aGvm4CGwmYtET-OT2U3AQ8hC0uoynirgQ7mTMXGIeo68I7_foOYj4aZ6VXCJcTiOco7ntOV3t5_IjdF9K8RjQp8LaxuSvWL1hDB06Az7WgE2CRgkmGrl-VSWR1z5YCXVlSQHKrrCo/w348-h400/foruts.jpg" width="348" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I didn't, but I was downtown last week. As usual, I stopped at <i>City Jake's Cafe</i>. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGevktGD-tM8jKYD_WfLg0FPrxamDHi_U7PlYiw8oC3WY-NRQ3nEHreOpYDB7SDh22MX3Ni1LvZKK16yrCpo7jSJwKVdDxTNI5Wye6MQ-I9mMI6PJKSOQ-yatEeRL0pLkrXYdEe8ZB7gounDklfAVKyIwVbKrE7uJ08EMx4Wl1my119VONA9C_lrYDUweC/s1920/jakes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGevktGD-tM8jKYD_WfLg0FPrxamDHi_U7PlYiw8oC3WY-NRQ3nEHreOpYDB7SDh22MX3Ni1LvZKK16yrCpo7jSJwKVdDxTNI5Wye6MQ-I9mMI6PJKSOQ-yatEeRL0pLkrXYdEe8ZB7gounDklfAVKyIwVbKrE7uJ08EMx4Wl1my119VONA9C_lrYDUweC/w480-h640/jakes.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">They serve the best breakfast in Springfield. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9JWrRlLSM-wT3WkZr5xcgrBZK629DCi3nJhLv9Bv1FE6ehj-FssqQEwOTZC1_vGXoKYmwjDOPIcgDn_4hxWHV_T_-f0wCemXi5O9KPytgsG2T9V_Yc8qO_AC8yI2ExA9xt7EWTIM7rQIH_vCbAmZiMuMljo5X99YKgSx6A0vjYOKOjfadsUvoEewhgW0n/s1920/hash.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9JWrRlLSM-wT3WkZr5xcgrBZK629DCi3nJhLv9Bv1FE6ehj-FssqQEwOTZC1_vGXoKYmwjDOPIcgDn_4hxWHV_T_-f0wCemXi5O9KPytgsG2T9V_Yc8qO_AC8yI2ExA9xt7EWTIM7rQIH_vCbAmZiMuMljo5X99YKgSx6A0vjYOKOjfadsUvoEewhgW0n/w480-h640/hash.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Jake's</i> has been doing a great business for decades, but some of their neighbors have failed to thrive.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqgNyYjT_N9lsEMIOxjVWITxq3NNykcAlPuRuMmbjcDFSVt2pN8o0TT73TkwS4Bj4ihiRRdb8XmEv9lvZ14Rj8b3do9UpsiQ9JpaGYPcxlSe1UvibfShomDFyQPl9xqyJTlARR0aYUuFYRwVb3kBE_6hlzO9TPZmBavZuRxbB5TtcBdL_p8qFfJ0rRgly1/s1920/evict.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqgNyYjT_N9lsEMIOxjVWITxq3NNykcAlPuRuMmbjcDFSVt2pN8o0TT73TkwS4Bj4ihiRRdb8XmEv9lvZ14Rj8b3do9UpsiQ9JpaGYPcxlSe1UvibfShomDFyQPl9xqyJTlARR0aYUuFYRwVb3kBE_6hlzO9TPZmBavZuRxbB5TtcBdL_p8qFfJ0rRgly1/w400-h300/evict.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Wasn't the casino supposed to revive everything?<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> Down at <i>Tower Square</i> (forever<i> Baystate West</i> to those of us of a certain age) the long anticipated new <i>Big Y</i> is finally open. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpJ_OkI1Xc8kDIY_7mbSiduOihYc5R-sHDU21Gf9s03wxAEBiBUj_Xh1Is_WoIJr_hqei55wFHCN2O-Ovr_dXm0kU5rvpUgce4gA1WuXFVBPp5ZSgQ8jAYSA1FGnFeoRN--DI22PXi_COo-dgm5VNxxd1k9zW5yCa1MAXLm55eC9RNJSiXqe5_a0B22e1-/s1920/bigy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpJ_OkI1Xc8kDIY_7mbSiduOihYc5R-sHDU21Gf9s03wxAEBiBUj_Xh1Is_WoIJr_hqei55wFHCN2O-Ovr_dXm0kU5rvpUgce4gA1WuXFVBPp5ZSgQ8jAYSA1FGnFeoRN--DI22PXi_COo-dgm5VNxxd1k9zW5yCa1MAXLm55eC9RNJSiXqe5_a0B22e1-/w400-h300/bigy.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">It is drawing steady customers, but hopes that it would revitalize the rest of the mall appear to be unfounded thus far. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaTghkRO7eNvTTA2nUqfCmVvFxulFN2zGPZ5e_AB-yuagViMQI0_fXAhiJKxguzTuuxODDKgpS33_gkbs2au6KbejJh6txRbS9L8bXwzWm-rtwcODf_WDH4EGXKE9gwbiVdWAEhI2b1HtRqNsEP9iFAWRrd-PFaQjQjhO7p545ZnsmnY-cVmkupSJjMGgI/s1920/bwest.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaTghkRO7eNvTTA2nUqfCmVvFxulFN2zGPZ5e_AB-yuagViMQI0_fXAhiJKxguzTuuxODDKgpS33_gkbs2au6KbejJh6txRbS9L8bXwzWm-rtwcODf_WDH4EGXKE9gwbiVdWAEhI2b1HtRqNsEP9iFAWRrd-PFaQjQjhO7p545ZnsmnY-cVmkupSJjMGgI/w400-h300/bwest.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The farmer's market across the street in the vacant lot where <i>Steiger's</i> once was is nice as far as it goes, but the truth is it isn't even as big as the farmer's markets in the much smaller localities of Northampton and Amherst. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0JT4U8WwCRNhvsQKEvL8U9p-5iGNrP4zt7sMu4GD8A3QkRbC5TupLPtZVHeQonCDR4Ljiyf1C7OH1rf2ADSR3l_r0gnsMaZ7N4vg6bLMAL-1pZMlbwtOpHnbHCrhwC8_Sq-El6jyh4Eu1c31mkVp5nx2dovG4Se_sjZYCHzXKAtOMnk6RVimoi5QnYk_1/s1920/market.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0JT4U8WwCRNhvsQKEvL8U9p-5iGNrP4zt7sMu4GD8A3QkRbC5TupLPtZVHeQonCDR4Ljiyf1C7OH1rf2ADSR3l_r0gnsMaZ7N4vg6bLMAL-1pZMlbwtOpHnbHCrhwC8_Sq-El6jyh4Eu1c31mkVp5nx2dovG4Se_sjZYCHzXKAtOMnk6RVimoi5QnYk_1/w400-h300/market.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I was surprised to see little evidence of produce from upper Valley farms such as in Hadley and Leverett. Do those farmers even know the <i>Springfield Farmer's Market</i> exists? Someone needs to do some outreach. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Speaking of Hamp, I love this psychedelic mural newly painted on a King Street pot shop. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTY4JS7ArBa-UCroo1pvdMfEZ1xJB9qHC9GRX6KmkIqtRo8yOl9tCHfyzzF7P7-_J2gk_CRmaYacCDkGI4fFB0sFs4MmA1Bxh3kJO56UGeL2GLSkHzkrPWz-mxmvjUvZcUxuyqTJSVDggilExBPkTImQfLsNwatkXJKl3w3ycij8AU6MsZvBiWxmmw3qXf/s1920/wall.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTY4JS7ArBa-UCroo1pvdMfEZ1xJB9qHC9GRX6KmkIqtRo8yOl9tCHfyzzF7P7-_J2gk_CRmaYacCDkGI4fFB0sFs4MmA1Bxh3kJO56UGeL2GLSkHzkrPWz-mxmvjUvZcUxuyqTJSVDggilExBPkTImQfLsNwatkXJKl3w3ycij8AU6MsZvBiWxmmw3qXf/w400-h300/wall.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">A more accurate name for this radio show would be <i>Socialism Now</i>.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfZXw-z11nMdeMHmZZu5yfoOjFunR0WXUwM10JsAUgTkNEoNMm6pdIVT-dmoJF9Iv5YlT5hSGT8iPBs_Do1RMk3Dlur_cPTMSrjfYBVsPL0WqV8Z9sFXYKpdDpTGzhxupMAurXlJex2a-Y0Dtmmenb-8xrLenTgA9eN05zjUvNcg7-k4NA2wbqVhdjEI1O/s1920/socialism.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfZXw-z11nMdeMHmZZu5yfoOjFunR0WXUwM10JsAUgTkNEoNMm6pdIVT-dmoJF9Iv5YlT5hSGT8iPBs_Do1RMk3Dlur_cPTMSrjfYBVsPL0WqV8Z9sFXYKpdDpTGzhxupMAurXlJex2a-Y0Dtmmenb-8xrLenTgA9eN05zjUvNcg7-k4NA2wbqVhdjEI1O/w480-h640/socialism.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The Massachusetts Teacher's Association held their annual meeting at UMass again this year. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZzTpMjcTMQYTnSndk6C9NNFseMxmVKbUL8EedvvJp5lgBc9Yt7Cjd7PXm5aOtG-Rwk2Tij7dwCkky4lDmQZiXf91Wasg9JGkKlDlOegB8Hbu0gN9KjVUo7qPX4sdRSs7lx7F9uj35gkXqgcDXZxaHkC52rxQlzq7crYCRt3WeooPmcv4lty05Atfx3fZ/s1920/mta.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZzTpMjcTMQYTnSndk6C9NNFseMxmVKbUL8EedvvJp5lgBc9Yt7Cjd7PXm5aOtG-Rwk2Tij7dwCkky4lDmQZiXf91Wasg9JGkKlDlOegB8Hbu0gN9KjVUo7qPX4sdRSs7lx7F9uj35gkXqgcDXZxaHkC52rxQlzq7crYCRt3WeooPmcv4lty05Atfx3fZ/w400-h300/mta.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">As always, the paranoia level was high. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZaLD28xSnriN_bhfcIflCi8F6ronbG2EO0qSezHLcUtg2A-3Y1l0L-S8qPU7f2_N5C_jAP0XiE-uu_g3H2Ea9KqAawMW3fnK-dM05Q-2JKZjcxeAD82CmcUQpBPEqQTd6JTZmasq9ZXzWkWZjPdUzkC3iEMx-U2dtvaLqlHoOcZRHk4fvDwO7MpsehXbN/s1920/novid.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZaLD28xSnriN_bhfcIflCi8F6ronbG2EO0qSezHLcUtg2A-3Y1l0L-S8qPU7f2_N5C_jAP0XiE-uu_g3H2Ea9KqAawMW3fnK-dM05Q-2JKZjcxeAD82CmcUQpBPEqQTd6JTZmasq9ZXzWkWZjPdUzkC3iEMx-U2dtvaLqlHoOcZRHk4fvDwO7MpsehXbN/w400-h300/novid.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">What are they discussing that makes them so afraid of the public finding out?<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Spotted the heron again that has been making its home by the UMass campus pond this summer, but this time it was up in a tree! I've never seen a heron in a tree before. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEGBdT_0HN4wJDJewVpVUSJTJz5Rn8sjWWzfV0rOAAFUBI27Qjdt9P6X5VGGs_5j4nKw38MoSWyUezUVq_UUsSNTlC5lbyaS0sr-K6P3ro7f347padMMSOstsfNWObmCzFijzy9s3LLfX9M5HGMontbaXKCcdLk_ahlGsa8I69mTzuz1SET3MvCRTZswl0/s1920/heron.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEGBdT_0HN4wJDJewVpVUSJTJz5Rn8sjWWzfV0rOAAFUBI27Qjdt9P6X5VGGs_5j4nKw38MoSWyUezUVq_UUsSNTlC5lbyaS0sr-K6P3ro7f347padMMSOstsfNWObmCzFijzy9s3LLfX9M5HGMontbaXKCcdLk_ahlGsa8I69mTzuz1SET3MvCRTZswl0/w300-h400/heron.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Of course the ducks are still around, as fearless of people as ever. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilCgRZ6eXw7FmEmXSuH0u0x2QOZ-hcxhmzvlM1az6ffFDYm8h04wVxPXlS4lFyXHYNOkbDW8xf9duLzs9xKXiVpqEBeLHyBl4ttJ0a1IZmZ01nQCcVswxtjoE9R4l-6mJwS3gguEvs26_40RgCSA3fb33-16awUdiamwHl4CYryY7an4oRFRyMeReSU7-M/s1920/ducks.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilCgRZ6eXw7FmEmXSuH0u0x2QOZ-hcxhmzvlM1az6ffFDYm8h04wVxPXlS4lFyXHYNOkbDW8xf9duLzs9xKXiVpqEBeLHyBl4ttJ0a1IZmZ01nQCcVswxtjoE9R4l-6mJwS3gguEvs26_40RgCSA3fb33-16awUdiamwHl4CYryY7an4oRFRyMeReSU7-M/w400-h300/ducks.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Downtown Amherst in 1981. photo by dave sears.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPbjj_-aOLA0Kurz9KgEs4DdeRP5RmA5gvHmt5dAbk4HLuwlahE3CD28s2HUPdZRLrdoWFYMXNTzXIiD1Hs9YL-PyJJbZorFFhFBS4iIO7HHNFfDTGABrxUwAhcowfMnJs2jcEwSWq_05vgiB0hBusnwZfcmowAKgZzmcTIbqKvdlFEZkRc5I6mqVrQHje/w480-h640/fair.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Can it really be 55 years that FAT has been rockin the Valley? photo by jeff ziff.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIVhdFmfG0QUTLU9t64mlqlc0UmHrEArPoVJAmCeloioSEFTNL_3iMIOfFXFiEVmiOZ54-j2_lW5Q4KLRy0FGYuigNsyR1UeafoG9ZvxsfwTxiqpepNAezxhBgsZdU_3bPE4CqpELJjKkm_pbFYYVm4mY4cbJCPTgCZx_wOJ89AhN-ElXeMVP_P2YnIPZX/s800/fat.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcjeJBHLWWHjb9R2ETBaxBQnWigA8JEXbmmNnxPER4K9-h_rxFX9TqqUHOSfHsonHvm2qN_ryxOYoeksEVCC2x8ew-y6XCI88bmaCObpF8j6SV6VQOs50FkouFEk0KOw-CZmbx_dz6B8jroJUpAPpIaSo-KjVh3lrt_GAPT2FZxpmKkvo69qtJdB0WpA1u/s1920/sucks.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcjeJBHLWWHjb9R2ETBaxBQnWigA8JEXbmmNnxPER4K9-h_rxFX9TqqUHOSfHsonHvm2qN_ryxOYoeksEVCC2x8ew-y6XCI88bmaCObpF8j6SV6VQOs50FkouFEk0KOw-CZmbx_dz6B8jroJUpAPpIaSo-KjVh3lrt_GAPT2FZxpmKkvo69qtJdB0WpA1u/w400-h300/sucks.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Someone's response to the political commentary on the bike trail in Florence. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1206" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjbgEOquU00839jiiKL2ZQwvLYBClS5hZmliH2zTG9tYxtQKfc6bCKoIHOk4hZUDhQTWNA0zbtsBWSRSooyvIkh1-Pj612K59FE3kvsm3QxXpxUZyKsCWFdWlWjmpi-jxLA0kVVb2Kcc70wzH1w0ZVHU6tnlqZiUQdGkAvgoXdxWMT8FKwqUahqjUbJj1U/w345-h400/yoo.jpg" width="345" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Non-magical mushrooms at the Northampton Farmer's Market. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz6yIpyOY0INkeSzsKVlk2vFGEc6oWxBKapYHU7B4YTRCerOOWe0ZwfP3BQkFeXfGTkcGqjVwGiLy1cCPqtWXYy1dWD-s8REoocAR_DY02duxnxsz8Q8Y2fYB-Wkj9CFZkcbgTMF11YzcZ4oTVmdz63y5gkTc1xcHqQnrkuuA-RC-ipiUUdb39_UHkFe2l/s1920/mush.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz6yIpyOY0INkeSzsKVlk2vFGEc6oWxBKapYHU7B4YTRCerOOWe0ZwfP3BQkFeXfGTkcGqjVwGiLy1cCPqtWXYy1dWD-s8REoocAR_DY02duxnxsz8Q8Y2fYB-Wkj9CFZkcbgTMF11YzcZ4oTVmdz63y5gkTc1xcHqQnrkuuA-RC-ipiUUdb39_UHkFe2l/w400-h300/mush.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Springfield also has a Farmer's Market. I intend to visit it soon. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1f3ZTlHCtgaqHjiCbsnX-9X9gaoTRs1RlnzAXUSJfk5JEk6UZ72pC5eyNpa2Pjy2PT7GxM1tlQvaa9ADyMrtwSRtATUHbarSduZ_YFF4Qswi54u_-2JyWk9AV_1AD26_W0wFkYHXQW789aEA5f1nr1XeSuCGdrDCFY4Y6RA0q7IxeIQWKcKPd5OiuDZvz/s525/farm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="274" data-original-width="525" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1f3ZTlHCtgaqHjiCbsnX-9X9gaoTRs1RlnzAXUSJfk5JEk6UZ72pC5eyNpa2Pjy2PT7GxM1tlQvaa9ADyMrtwSRtATUHbarSduZ_YFF4Qswi54u_-2JyWk9AV_1AD26_W0wFkYHXQW789aEA5f1nr1XeSuCGdrDCFY4Y6RA0q7IxeIQWKcKPd5OiuDZvz/w400-h209/farm.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Mark your calendar ye lads and lassies. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqmXN_dsnDJ3ByYTAZQxHRtz6t9xSQGwhMCqiLiRzFfca-Ri19aBtZgw43U9UPXR1VR28uf1Fbb1hU57N4JZKtjIsEh9eRxfoKIHervNHwIHpoOoRnWmY9QdKcIiSloMZZFyPWLjN2QbneFggnO3M4T4o1vJKDkFVCcwYan-qR7Wlh1VziOC62DcEwT0hW/s526/reunion.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="274" data-original-width="526" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqmXN_dsnDJ3ByYTAZQxHRtz6t9xSQGwhMCqiLiRzFfca-Ri19aBtZgw43U9UPXR1VR28uf1Fbb1hU57N4JZKtjIsEh9eRxfoKIHervNHwIHpoOoRnWmY9QdKcIiSloMZZFyPWLjN2QbneFggnO3M4T4o1vJKDkFVCcwYan-qR7Wlh1VziOC62DcEwT0hW/w400-h209/reunion.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Our Lady of Hope Church was once the soul of the Hill. Now it stands vacant. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZ4fswK5lljl0eNwQLhR-8lYWE2bEHfEZdQNBI-4ugHoHjSYbzraerQ_oWOZ3fiK3TAFUf5tkZjOZKoGalEntzvoiPPjvn7YSDhihgd-yXgBwn7Y40WKutvS19N6z33hk5OFYxZCU97_NVEgiPlvQYYTx0ZnUxhlZ83tEBfhY8E6mc6bfFM3ol6bwvJN8/s680/hope.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="510" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZ4fswK5lljl0eNwQLhR-8lYWE2bEHfEZdQNBI-4ugHoHjSYbzraerQ_oWOZ3fiK3TAFUf5tkZjOZKoGalEntzvoiPPjvn7YSDhihgd-yXgBwn7Y40WKutvS19N6z33hk5OFYxZCU97_NVEgiPlvQYYTx0ZnUxhlZ83tEBfhY8E6mc6bfFM3ol6bwvJN8/w480-h640/hope.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Some kind of science project at UMass. I didn't go any closer to check it out. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4k4yvNPn6TEs3Z59sI7cs4w8RGgE_po6zvwe52sXazzdab8DPUudbnXnPztoyKWagtzC1lrzCNnRTbGXTgBeRsTbuSqHkvcZBJADiH5rCG78-P8bkHFx0Ooq1SWYzydkZUkAnxoZEOSDGEOQqmwTpjozHPpsRtWgsPxk2Hm4kJ9PlsmbKLFg78wPKrLdp/s1920/bee.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4k4yvNPn6TEs3Z59sI7cs4w8RGgE_po6zvwe52sXazzdab8DPUudbnXnPztoyKWagtzC1lrzCNnRTbGXTgBeRsTbuSqHkvcZBJADiH5rCG78-P8bkHFx0Ooq1SWYzydkZUkAnxoZEOSDGEOQqmwTpjozHPpsRtWgsPxk2Hm4kJ9PlsmbKLFg78wPKrLdp/w480-h640/bee.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> When it comes to a stinging insect, I say let it bee. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Former Springfield City Councilor Anthony Ravosa Jr. often has business reasons to visit state capitols. Here he compares and contrasts:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0K9NXLf5JZcHc70iKpJNQdoL6sqkhWmDk47KgeHJ4BOzaQuJX2zplX6ewl51QNWlpVYMvWD4w18oWH18XrWLF4uNt4BzgHhABEEPP9v7eKxru0JkOYFUyZYwzjpGrDPjj9741yTE69pQobiEDoOtGec9Jvml5DHCSJXuWZbvnrHXiEABtWejD_KEnPxlb/s680/ravo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="510" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0K9NXLf5JZcHc70iKpJNQdoL6sqkhWmDk47KgeHJ4BOzaQuJX2zplX6ewl51QNWlpVYMvWD4w18oWH18XrWLF4uNt4BzgHhABEEPP9v7eKxru0JkOYFUyZYwzjpGrDPjj9741yTE69pQobiEDoOtGec9Jvml5DHCSJXuWZbvnrHXiEABtWejD_KEnPxlb/w300-h400/ravo.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">"I dutifully pay my $1.00 per hour, on-street parking charge to attend a meeting at the New Hampshire State House. It would have cost me $42.00 to park in a garage for an hour on Beacon Hill."</span></i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">New Hampshire - Live Free or Die.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">Massachusetts - The Rip-off State. </span></span></p><p><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ1uMof9ArZRmpVJqEmI9wFHE8o0v7lDn2x-_3dA4sXJ-cvLdDNHh4KWu8ESerKuZX4dJb6OwBCm2_PGopMDDUwU6ORMLiQGKNCWyZiqBH9yGF3rK70KT7DTffy5j3EORM9CaSqcsEDEMVaIv9kg4ZKQD9VMLGISh1bWgqTyRQnlk2Hbz2HlVCnIl-xf_e/s680/hypno.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="655" data-original-width="680" height="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ1uMof9ArZRmpVJqEmI9wFHE8o0v7lDn2x-_3dA4sXJ-cvLdDNHh4KWu8ESerKuZX4dJb6OwBCm2_PGopMDDUwU6ORMLiQGKNCWyZiqBH9yGF3rK70KT7DTffy5j3EORM9CaSqcsEDEMVaIv9kg4ZKQD9VMLGISh1bWgqTyRQnlk2Hbz2HlVCnIl-xf_e/w400-h385/hypno.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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