Through the Looking Glass

Attitude is Everything When It Comes to Teaching

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My favorite teacher, Dr. Sylvan Barnet, died recently. I was glad that I’d finally emailed him and told him of my visit to the New York University’s English department. A friend and I had stopped in to visit our friend Paige who was employed there as a secretary. Paige sat us down and put us to work stuffing envelopes for a mailing, and as we were stuffing and chatting, the head of the English Department emerged from his office. He asked us where we had gone to school and when I said “Tufts,” he asked if I’d ever met Sylvan Barnet there.

Food for Thought

Food For Thought

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“It’s no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.” – Mark Twain

Suffield Observations

Something to talk about

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Last month, while dining at a local restaurant, a Suffieldian I’ve known for almost 15 years came to our table and asked us how things were going, and I told her things were not perfect. She breathed this huge sigh of relief and revealed to us that things in her life were not perfect either.

In Memoriam

In Memoriam

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Olga A. Paganelli September 21  Age 71 Karl Anthony Johnson Sr. September 21 Age 77 Mary B. Forti September 24  Age 73 Carol A. Murzyn September 28  Age 75 Robert W. Baker Sr. September 29  Age 90 Mary Anne Cordis September 29  Age 67 Clifton Caldon September 30 Age 99 Yolanda Morales-Gray October 2 Age 54 […]

Now and Then

Rounding a Century and a Globe

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Retired newspaper reporter, columnist, bomber pilot, and world traveler Dick Hammerich of Suffield by the River surely clocked hundreds of thousands of miles on his way to his hundredth birthday.

Suffield’s Pride

Suffield Pride – Austin Borg

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Not many folks can say that they have thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail (AT). Since its completion in 1936, only about 15,000 have completed the roughly 2,200-mile trail, which stretches through 14 states and runs from Mt. Katahdin in Maine to Springer Mountain in Georgia.