Laissez les Bon Temps Rouler!
“Laissez les bon temps rouler!” Or, if your Cajun is a little rusty, “let the good times roll!” This phrase captures the joie de vivre, or joy of living, carefree…
Great Blue Heron
For the Birds
When I wrote several columns about birds in 2011 and 2013, I shared the many new books that you’ll find in our library’s collection. (For anyone hoping to read a…
Pick-Me-Up Books That Leave Worries Behind
Open any paper, stream the news, and soon you will feel overwhelmed with the world. A car bomb killing hundreds in Bagdad, a train going off the tracks in Pennsylvania.…
Free Fun in Massachusetts: A Day at the Zoo
In 1889, when Andrew Carnegie wrote his essay titled Wealth, it was published in the North American Review and soon after became known as The Gospel of Wealth. In the…
Netflix and Binge
Sometimes sunny days are just too sunny. That’s what I used to tell my mom when I was a kid and sick of being outside in the summer. She thought…