Category Archives: Editorial

Rover

Two weeks ago I spent the evening with the Harvard University seniors that developed the “The Unofficial Guide to Life at Harvard” app on the iPhone. They were really generous with their time, and it was fun hanging out with them all. You can read the Wall Street Journal story here. And if you ever...

View full post »

Flaky

For the first time in my life I sat for hours at an airport praying for snow. I was assigned to document Logan’s hi-tech snow removal operations Wednesday, but unfortunately the snow didn’t accumulate until after deadline. Instead of riding shotgun in a Vammas, I attended the snow planning meetings before spending the next few...

View full post »

Voice

President Clinton came to Worcester again on Friday. It’s amazing how someone can string together a coherent, witty, logical and noteless 30-minute oration without so much as a stutter. Truly impressive. And I’m going to pretend I’m not offended that no one asked me if I wanted my picture taken with him this time. Don’t...

View full post »

One Hen

Last week the Wall Street Journal assigned me to spend some time with Katie Smith Milway for a story about people who managed a healthy midlife crisis. Katie spoke to a middle school class about the product of her “positive midlife crisis”, an interesting children’s book about microlending: One Hen – How One Small Loan Made...

View full post »

Firehouse Kitchen

A couple of weeks ago I went up to New Hampshire to spend some time at the Salem Fire Department’s Station #1 for AOL Living’s Real People Real Kitchens. There are more photos and words from this fun assignment here.

View full post »