Generations of Robinsons Tinkering
We love making stuff that doesn't make a difference
Celebrating Writers on a New England Stage
I didn't make it to the big stage, but I wrote about the people who did
Betty Hill Takes Flight
The "grandmother of UFO abductees" dies at 85
Battle Cry of the eBay Warrior
A man, a mouse, and nerves of steel
Almost Famous (not) in a Sixties Cover Band
In the turbulent Sixties, a band was the safest place to be.
The Day Abbie Hoffman Smoked My Life
CAMPUS CHAOS May 5, 1970 When you stand too close to history, sometimes all you see is smoke. That’s how it was for many University of New Hampshire students the day after the Kent State shootings when American colleges were set to explode. In the middle of the chaos, three members of the …
Thoughts on Esther Buffler, Our First Poet Laureate
Words don't do her justice
Loved the 1980s, But Can’t Go Back
The times they are a-changing, so get over it.
Directing the 1986 Little Italy Reunion
We've come a long way since VHS tape, but the heart of the lost neighborhood shines through
The Skeleton in My Closet was Real
For most families, the skeleton in the closet is a metaphor.
Starving Writer Seeks Food Stamps in 1970s
Half a century later, still a cartoon.
Ace Karlo, the Man who Built Portsmouth
It's 1986, and one of the city's celebrities wants me to meet him in the Square