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Fall-ing, yes I am fall-ing
Perfect warm sunny October afternoon. Standing in the middle of an apple orchard, washing down a perfect, crisp, tart, fresh from the tree apple (Macoun, thank you very much) with a cold sip of transc… more →
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Fall-ing, yes I am fall-ing
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Bart Modern wrote 1 year ago: Perfect warm sunny October afternoon. Standing in the middle of an apple orchard, washing down a per … more →
Berkshur Culchur, Fershur
Bart Modern wrote 1 year ago: Summer in the Berkshires has a lot to recommend it. Winter too, I suppose, if you happen to ski (I d … more →
The hills are alive, with the sound of wheezing...
Bart Modern wrote 1 year ago: So it was the @#$%ing Congo Bars that had me hiking halfway up a goddamned mountain*. I made a batch … more →
We interrupt this broadcast
Bart Modern wrote 1 year ago: I don’t receive many comments to the Bowleg, and I’m rather draconian in my moderation o … more →
Hold Tight, by Harlan Coben
Bart Modern wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been a fan of Mr. Coben’s books since friends of mine who used to own a bookstore r … more →
Lit Graphic
Bart Modern wrote 1 year ago: Richly visual and intimately understood, graphic novels — with their anti-heroes, narrative ap … more →
Indulgence
Bart Modern wrote 1 year ago: If healthy eating is a habit to be cultivated, then the corollary is that sometimes you have to thro … more →
Getting all up in your grill
Bart Modern wrote 1 year ago: A week of unseasonably nice weather (for a few days, Mother Nature leapfrogged over spring to give u … more →
I'm havin' an 'art attack
Bart Modern wrote 1 year ago: At the risk of once again laying siege to the unenviable blogging niche of MASS MoCA apologist and N … more →
West Side Story (1961)
Bart Modern wrote 1 year ago: Random observations while watching a film classic: During the opening aerial shots of the movie, I w … more →
Unpack your (culinary) adjectives
Bart Modern wrote 1 year ago: A few towns over from where I live, there is a spoon of indeterminate but presumably highly concentr … more →
Cai of Frustration
Bart Modern wrote 1 year ago: Sometimes, it seems like the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) cannot catch a bre … more →
An Adventure in Family Camping!
fernwoodforest wrote 1 year ago: Located in Berkshire County, we offer 115 acres of natural woodlands, adjacent to the Appalachian Tr … more →
"Stand back! I have powers! Political powers!"
Bart Modern wrote 1 year ago: I attended a Democratic Party political rally on Friday night. Strong remarks from Senator Kerry got … more →
Burger, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Bart Modern wrote 2 years ago: Update: Burger closed for good in September 2008. I take my burgers seriously. By the same token, I … more →
Curse of the WanVino
Bart Modern wrote 2 years ago: I was given a bottle of Manny Being Merlot the other day. My aunt bought one of each bottle of the L … more →
More Cookin' with The Kid
Bart Modern wrote 2 years ago: Necessity is the mother of invention, and The Lovely Wife is, apparently, the mother of necessity. O … more →
37. The Last Colony, by John Scalzi
Bart Modern wrote 2 years ago: While I requested this book through interlibrary loan* at the same time as The Android’s Dream … more →
Simple joys
Bart Modern wrote 2 years ago: I’m paraphrasing, but there’s a bit in My Dinner with Andre where Wallace Shawn talks ab … more →
