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The lull in the action after Christmas becomes more precious as I grow older. Unlike parents, who, I imagine, are looking forward to...

It’s hard to believe that December is two-thirds over. The closer we get to the end of the year, the faster the time goes by. Are you...

What a day last Saturday was in Reading! Everything seemed to come together perfectly for the three annual events that happened as part...

Last Friday, I was on the coast of Maine. It was a bright, blustery day with not even a hint that a flake of snow had hit the ground in...

If you read my column regularly, you know I love to bake. I am sure in the three-and-a-half-years I've been writing this, I 've mentioned...

If you’ve ever cooked Thanksgiving dinner, you know it's work. I remember all the effort my grandmother put into preparing the meal for...

I had a couple of conversations this week about town events and how to get people to participate. It’s not surprising or unexpected that...

Exit the season of the witch (if I may quote Donovan), and enter the season of the wind. Yes, I am talking about gusty breezes for the...

Two down. Two to go. Didn’t that seem fast? If your impression of this time of the year is like mine, you know what I am talking about....

Last week, I mentioned four things that mid-October means. One thing that mid-October should not mean is a delay in the release of the...

Mid-October means four things in our little town, and one thing at my home. First, it means the Leaf Peeper Breakfast. Thanks and...

Over the past month or so, I have written a lot about the Reading Fall Fair. Since my columns were, for the most part, singularly...

For my 2017 and 2018 columns directly following Old Home Day, I recapped those great community events. After a day of marching with the...

Last week, I commented on how much I love this time of the year because there are so many outdoor events, citing three happening in just...

One of the things I love most about this glorious season is that there are so many outdoor events happening. If you’re like me, then...

With the Reading Fall Fair just 16 days away, you’d think I’d devote my entire column to it. I’m not. At least not all of it. First,...

By now, you've probably seen what you might consider the first signs of fall, either for real or on your favorite social media platform....

I like to make things. For example, I like to knit. I like to make music—or at least try—on my ukulele. I like to piece words together...

It’s not often that I travel past my favorite building in Reading, the Old Stone Church. However, a couple of weeks ago, Bill and I were...

One of my favorite memories of life on our quiet road is of Bill and me pulling up chairs to the edge of our hill at about ten minutes to...