I’ll tell you: Be your own damn parade. Be a one-person parade.
Tag: Glendale
Belle Fox-Martin: 100,000 and counting
Does the weight of this sorrow seem too much to bear? Then wait, take a breath and realize that you are not holding this sorrow alone.
The unacceptable compromise
The fact is our region of the EPA has demonstrated its bias towards landfilling and once again will allow yet another massive PCB-dump in Berkshire County. That a handful of local officials have substituted their limited judgment for the desires of an entire diverse community is a travesty.
POEM: Reflection
it’s our neck
it’s our knee
it’s our knee on our neck
The ox, the ass and Judge Byington’s gate: Harriet Beecher Stowe and Laurel Cottage, Part II
There is a small cottage in the Dugway section of Glendale that was commonly called the Harriet Beecher Stowe cottage, but was actually owned by Lyman Beecher Stowe, grandson of Harriet Beecher Stowe.
BELLE FOX-MARTIN: Challenges in the time of coronavirus
Belle Fox-Martin offers advice on how to deal with those life-changing, challenging moments during our self-isolation in this era of epidemic.
BELLE FOX-MARTIN: Answer the phone
“In these troubling times, I have such a great opportunity to share with you, madame.”
BELLE FOX-MARTIN: Moles, voles & rabbit warrens
The futile attempt to try to make order out of chaos may allow some wee sense of control, but it all rings hollow.
Charles Tenney, 94, of Stockbridge
He was the water superintendent for the Town of Stockbridge for 30 years, retiring in 1987.
Valentine’s Day message: Don’t talk. Just kiss.
Orelse was as gray as the day, except for her overweight lips that shone as red as a mid-September sunrise on Narragansett Bay.
Selma Hawkins, 77, of Great Barrington, librarian at Ramsdell and Mason libraries
Her favorite job, however, was as a librarian at both the Ramsdell and Mason libraries.
BELLE FOX-MARTIN: T.G.I.F.
Bring to mind a remarkable occurrence that you experienced on this day or any Friday of your life.
www.Don’tTredOnMe
Over the months of T.’s presidency, I have noted an ever increasing dearth of joy. It has gotten harder and harder to find. I see the lack of it to be not unlike a snow fog that has taken up permanent residence.
Come to the table
Come to the table to know once again and again we are each other’s keepers.
Nicholas Swann, 68, of Stockbridge
A steward of the land and his community, Nick loved to work with his hands.
John Adams Miller, 97, of Stockbridge
John was a volunteer fireman with the Glendale Fire Company from 1946 until his passing with 72 years of membership and service and was also a member of the Berkshire County Forest Wardens.
Belle Fox-Martin’s ‘Stone Pears’ blends poetry, micro-stories in a refreshing, unexpected collection
Within her collection, Fox-Martin touches on those auspicious moments that mark the end of months, the change of seasons and the passage of time.
Vira Vira Equinox
Vira Vira poses the question of the day — perhaps the era.
Donald Coleman, 91, of Stockbridge
After retirement, he worked for the town of Stockbridge and was “captain” of the weed harvester on Stockbridge Bowl for years.
It’s Thursday morning
It’s Thursday morning and I could mow but I did that yesterday. Maybe I’ll write yet another note of fan mail to Allison Larkin.
It’s Saturday, April 14th
It’s Saturday April 14th and my three dogs could care
less about the incessant political banter.
Cockroaches, Lent and felled innocence
On an average, 96 people a day are killed by gunfire in the United States. Yesterday, 17 children were killed in Florida. That leaves 79 others whose names and faces we won’t be seeing online or in print, but they are still dead.
A Valentine’s message
A Valentine’s Day illustration from Belle Fox-Martin.
Vera Vera Equinox anticipates Valentine’s Day
Vera Vera Equinox considers her options.
A new way home
It’s January 5, 2018 and depending on your perspective we are all either hopelessly lost or we are all on the road together.
Louise Brazie, 82, of Housatonic
She worked at the former DeSisto School as a cook and counselor as well as running its honors program.
For the New Year: Prayer flags or laundry?
Belle Fox-Martin muses about the implications of this New Year’s… prayer flags or laundry.
Small things with great love
Like it our not we are one family of man. To know this is to feel and be responsible.
Patricia Kelly, 69, of Glendale
Pat did everything in her power to love, help, teach, guide, mentor and just be an overall positive presence in others’ lives.
James Kelly, 60, of Glendale
From an early age, Jim loved to tinker with bikes and small machines, eventually going on to become an auto mechanic, owning and operating Lee Auto for many years.
Frances M. Schneyer, 95, of Glendale
She was a member of the Glendale Women’s Auxiliary and actively worked on the campaign to bring the Norman Rockwell Museum to Glendale.
David Allan Hawkins, 75, of Stockbridge
He educated himself and climbed the ladder through Mead Specialty Paper in South Lee, retiring from his position as Environmental Engineer 35 years later.