Another day for leaves, some Thanksgiving Day prep and a long podcast featuring Elon Musk
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, I will be gearing up for another leaves bagging session. The goal will be, one more time, 20 bags. After a bit of rain…
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Bagging leaves isn’t so bad, is it? One more municipal election behind us and a podcast on the benefits of pain
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, we will have bagged 20 bags of leaves, and it means we have at least 20 to go. Our next-door neighbor, Brian, has already…
Family dinner time, a little about local journalism and something to listen to and something to read
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, the latest family pasta dinner will have come and gone. These dinners happen once a month up to the big holiday season, which means…
An evening with friends after a busy Saturday, a terrific new book–so far–and an old topic for a podcast
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, Mary and I will have spent a pleasant evening with friends, over some delightful food and more delightful conversation. This little event a had…
Is it ever too early for Halloween? Not for this grandchild; a news report gets picked up
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, Mary and I will have attended a pre-Halloween party at the behest of one of the 3-year-old grandchildren. It’s not that this grandchild is…
A bunch of candidate forums, an Hispanic Heritage Month celebration and reading and listening suggestions
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, we will have had a week of candidate forums which allow voters to familiarize themselves with the candidates and some of their positions, as…
What about the rain, oh, the rain, and October is here; a dilemma for local news and reading and listening
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, October will have arrived—and some hoped for better weather. All the rain, the rain! I hope your basements are dry. I know of at…
An overcast and rainy day for the Mum Festival, a history lesson and some reading
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, the Mum Festival will be well underway and, for the first time in years, will be operating under cloudy and rainy skies, complements of…
Hurricane Lee skirts Connecticut, town committees open headquarters, thoughts about democracy
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, Hurricane Lee will have left New England behind, and even though the hurricane skirted Connecticut, we did get some terrific winds Friday. It was…
A terrific show at the Rockwell Theater, Henry David Thoreau reconsidered and reading on my phone
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, the storms that cut off power to more than 12,000 homes here in Bristol will have subsided and the power will have been restored…