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BITS & BYTES: Geoffrey Moss and Jennifer Violette at Childs + Clark Gallery; Bernay Fine Art annual group exhibition; Pamela Berkeley and Joan Griswold...

“The Era of Manifestations” was a period from 1837 to the mid-1850s when Shakers came under a spiritual revival marked by visions and ecstatic experiences among the followers.

The Self-Taught Gardener: Fruitful thoughts

Growing fruit is an unpredictable business with bumper crops (where does this term come from?) often followed by less productive seasons.

Northeast Direct gas pipeline reborn? Will Kinder Morgan’s Open Season lead to ‘NED Lite’?

The hazy nature of the notice coupled with the confidentiality agreement may evidence Kinder Morgan’s wish to delay, as long as possible, the public outcry that previously helped sink the NED project.

CONNECTIONS: Lessons from the spinsters of Stockbridge

In the midst of the upheaval, the disruption and the shocking bad taste, it is nice to remember old values. It is with a sigh of relief we remember a strict morality, a common decency and a regard for good taste.

Nick Diller weather summary: April 2017, dry and warm

the weather conditions for the month gone by turned out to be just right for slow flowering of plants and fruit trees.

With carbon tax Massachusetts could curb fossil fuel dependency

As a native Bay Stater and a young person, I would love to see my home state take a bold step towards addressing the climate crisis by passing a carbon tax.

Scene III: Wookie, a small town play

sonia (smiling): how’s the living situation? wookie: dicey sonia: theme? wookie: they post trespassers names on the bulletin board in the center of town

Mill River General Store changes hands, but not its unique community role

Built and opened in 1840, the Mill River General Store is the longest continuously operating general store in the Berkshires. "I'm a New Englander," said new owner Jessica Holcomb. "And this is an old-school New England concept."

Nick Diller’s monthly weather summary: March 2017, colder and wetter

Temperatures can be very warm and then very cold. Sometimes big snowstorms can occur. March 2017 was like that.

Nick Diller’s monthly weather summary: A warm, dry February 2017

February marked the first time in three months the monthly total of precipitation fell below the average.

The Self-Taught Gardener: Setting a Spring agenda

The last month has been stressful enough without having to think about spring and everything that needs to take place in the garden, especially since my only support so far, except for some bamboo stakes, is my Secretary of Wildlife Management, my dog Fred.

News Brief: Pipeline cost balloons to double original price tag

The $3.2 billion pipeline construction cost, cited frequently by the proponents, excludes other significant costs such as operations, maintenance, depreciation and return on equity, making the full cost $6.6 billion.

TRANSFORMATIONS: Color Part III: Using color for accent — A little dab’ll do ‘ya’

There are as many ways to use a bit of color to create a big effect as there are reasons you might chose to do so.

‘Fake’ News: ‘Ye Merry Christmas in Ye Olden Time’

… Ye Holidays are just upon ye Towne and ye Boyes, of wh I counte mine owne selfe as I have beene payntinge ye Towne a gorgeous Crymson and have whooped it uppe...

NATURE’S TURN: Understory revealed, transitional tasks, seasonal edibles

At this time of moving between preparing outdoor and indoor spaces for winter, dig and pot a few of the frost hardy plants still in the ground. Where trees have grown so tall as to block hours of direct sunlight from the vegetable garden, late fall and winter are good times to harvest them for firewood.

The Self-Taught Gardener: Seeing red

From now on, when fall takes on its crimson tones, I can thank these crimson beauties (as well as the lady bugs) for helping to control my aphid population.

The Self-Taught Gardener: The late season

I just enjoy this crescendo of color that precedes winter, when this colorful chorus will have finished its song and will be muted.
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