For roughly 20 years, Tom Zink and I were members of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Northampton. He was the guy who led the morning music program for the children. He was also the kind of guy who [...]
Every week, I compile a column that runs in the Business Monday section of The Springfield Republican. The feature is called Voices of the Valley because it gives businesspeople from Greenfield, [...]
Every year, I write a handful of stories for the Springfield Republican newspaper’s Outlook section, which focuses on business and commerce in the Pioneer Valley. This year was no different.
There was a time when I thought if I acknowledged a learning, it would be a red flag that there might be other things I didn’t know. It felt like a failure to admit when I’d experienced a moment [...]
By Jamie Haines I have loved to write since I was in fourth grade, and my teacher put a picture on the board and asked us to write about it. He said he would display the best pieces, and mine was [...]
It’s the middle of January, a brand new year. For many business owners, this is often a slow season after the holiday rush, and that makes it a great time to step back and take a look at your [...]
I have spent the past few weeks on a vacation adventure on Kailua-Kona, Hawaii’s Big Island. In typical go-go-go fashion, my daughter Molly and I have explored many nooks and crannies here, doing [...]
Adventure, and not the holidays, are high on my mind these days, as I will be taking off on a United flight one week from today to meet my daughter Molly in Hawaii.
Having dreamed of being a journalist since she was 15, Shelby Ashline is finally living that life. In May, after graduating from the University of Massachusetts, she started work as a reporter [...]
