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Tag Archives: Shopping
Thanks for the Memory — with Pork Chops Attached
(Note: Vegetarian readers, avert your eyes. This post is NOT for you.) When I was quite a small girl, a thousand years ago, one of my favorite places to go with my mother was to the butcher store. It had … Continue reading
Posted in Etcetera, Food, Memory, Personal Essay, Pioneer Valley, Shopping
Tagged Artisans, Butchers, Local Foods, Meat, Shopping
28 Comments
Another Northampton Original: THORNES MARKETPLACE
I promised to tell you about Thorne’s Marketplace many months ago, this quirky shopping attraction in the heart of our quirky town of Northampton, before I got sidetracked by summer and visitors and illness. Now that the cold weather’s upon us, … Continue reading
Posted in Etcetera, Food, Home, Pioneer Valley, Shopping
Tagged Malls, Northampton, Photography, Shopping
28 Comments
Redemption at the Mall —
Or perhaps I mean Inspiration at the Mall? Hadn’t picked up my camera in ages, had no ideas, nothing lit up or intrigued me, everything was down down down for me in the world of photography. And then I remembered … Continue reading
Posted in Color, Etcetera, Failure, Photography, Shopping
Tagged Aliens, Inspiration, Malls, Photography, Redemption, Shopping
37 Comments
Hurrah! We Made It to the Mall!
This winter has so reduced us in mobility and spirit that getting to the Holyoke Mall yesterday for one of our One-to-One sessions with a guru at the Apple store was a matter of much rejoicing. Among other things, it … Continue reading
Posted in Etcetera, Photography, Zen
Tagged Apple, Mall, Photography, Shopping, Target, Winter
2 Comments