Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Half-price sale! Now through Sunday, December 1st!

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My "Black Friday" Sale starts today & runs through this Sunday!   You'll get half off my eBooks when you visit my Shopify ...
Tuesday, November 19, 2024

The Lure of New England 1940s

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  The Lure of New England, produced by Martin Bovey Films in the mid-1940s for the Minneapolis-Moline Company is a travelogue of the New Eng...
Tuesday, October 22, 2024

It Happened in Springfield - The Springfield (Mass.) Plan

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It Happened in Springfield   (1945) is a short subject produced by Warner Bros. starring Andrea King as a teacher in Springfield, Massachuse...
Monday, October 14, 2024

John (Jack) Hayes - Requiescat in Pace

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  This is to post a belated public farewell to a dear friend and colleague, John Hayes.  I "met" John in the early years of this b...
Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Jessica Fletcher - Who Killed Candlepin Bowling?

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  It's no mystery, NOBODY killed candlepin bowling.  It is still alive in New England, even if more and more bowling alleys offer only t...
Thursday, September 26, 2024

Display of old memories at the Big E - West Springfield, Mass.

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The annual Eastern States Exposition, or Big E, in West Springfield, Massachusetts, is upon us again, and the sense of nostalgia it brings f...
Sunday, September 15, 2024

Farewell to Barbara Bernard - Journalist, Theatre fan, and Friend to All - Holyoke, Massachusetts

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Barbara Bernard, photo by Kathleen M. Lynch The recent passing of Barbara Bernard (1927-2024), marks a milestone in western Massachusetts hi...