Columns
In Memoriam
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In Memoriam – December 2021/January 2022 Issue
Book Reviews
Book Review
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The Lincoln Highway was a route that ran from the East Coast to California. This tale starts in Nebraska.
Book Reviews
Suffield History Tome Paints a Picture of Home
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If every town has a story, then it stands to reason it must have a history. It is easy to dismiss the day-to-day happenings of a small town as inconsequential, but string those events together, and a picture develops of a place that people call home. Like all images, literal and figurative, that picture will be used by those in the future to imagine the past. That image of Suffield — a town that despite its quiet personality has a number of interesting, if not quirky, character traits — has been well documented in Suffield Stories from Another Half-Century, 1970-2020. The hardcover book, available for purchase locally, reflects the herculean effort by Suffield’s 350th Anniversary Committee, led by Observer Editor-in-Chief Beth Chafetz, to solicit, collect, edit and publish the Suffield stories from roughly 100 writers.
Columns
A Smaller Table
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When my wife and I were first married, we used to eat at a small kitchen table that could barely fit two plates, let alone two people. It was small, intimate and perfect.
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
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Girl Waits With Gun by Amy Stewart and The Life of Ruth Asawa by Marilyn Chase.
Columns
Where in the World is the Observer?
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The Observer was on the Erie Canal, in England, Virginia, Wyoming and Kansas!