The Suffield Observer (https://thesuffieldobserver.com/author/abby-wolcott/)
There is a party crasher in town, and you may have seen him at your bird feeder. The Cooper’s hawk is a small bird of prey who likes to swoop in and spoil the fun of all the other birds eating seed, oblivious to any threat that may come from above.
Anna Quindlen, one of my favorite authors, spoke about boredom in her essay entitled Doing Nothing is Something.
While I was growing up, my dad had to occasionally travel on business and sometimes my mother would accompany him.
Suffield High School senior Christina Vega was selected to represent the State of Connecticut at the Al Neuhart Free Spirit and Journalism conference in our nation’s capital on June 24-29.
When I am not gnashing my teeth at some clueless driver at the intersection of Mountain and Grand Streets, my eyes often land on the white clapboard church that has stood there since 1839.
Back in the day as soon as school let out, we would head to my uncle’s pond (now the Sydney Fuller Preserve, a SLC property).
When we were kids, one of my mother’s many attempts to civilize us included regular trips to Forest Park in Springfield.
With a group of mighty volunteers, the first issue was published 25 years ago…
Back when we were kids roaming the neighborhood, we knew a thing or two about the elder generation.
