The sharp irony of the steel fence around Plymouth Rock makes gawking tourists of summer pilgrims; we watch from the distance our journey assigns us aware that something badly skewed begun here centuries back is clearly evident. There was no fence around Plymouth Rock autumn of 1620 or anywhere except the harsh encampment on the…
An old guy I sat next to at the counter of the Agawam Diner recently triggered a flood of memories of my dear old friend Herbie, senior member of the Last Ones Out the Door affinity group of the Clamshell Alliance. I’ve missed Herbie the seven or eight years since I last saw him; and…
The fact is, we had fought PSCo to a standstill in court, by organizing in each of the six towns within the ten mile radius in Massachusetts , to hold binding votes, yea or nay on accepting the proposed Emergency Response Plans (ERP’s). All six towns voted “no”, and it was made clear to Governor…
