The Test of Time

As this year draws to a close, I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention a few 50th anniversaries celebrated in 2025 that had me time traveling back half a century to 1975. That’s when I was 13 years old and I was just becoming aware of the world around me. Culture shaping events like TVContinue reading “The Test of Time”

Things to Do and Places to See

North Street in downtown Pittsfield, Massachusetts Like any travel article, Things to Do and Places to See were listed in that particular article I read so long ago. I was puzzled because I didn’t consider the things mentioned as special.  Hiking at Monument Mountain in Great Barrington, touring the Normal Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, andContinue reading “Things to Do and Places to See”

Where It All Began

My childhood home The first time I read about “The Berkshires” as a vacation spot, I was sitting in a doctor’s office in Southern California flipping through a magazine. Surprised at the familiar pictures, it was the first place I had ever known. It’s where I went to school K-12, where the neighborhood kids wereContinue reading “Where It All Began”