Archives: November 2010

Travels With Steinbeck

Fifty years ago this fall, Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck, nearing the end of his life, took a nostalgic road trip in search of America. The first leg sliced through northern New Hampshire. He followed Route 2 from Vermont to the Maine border and, if that wasn’t enough, days and many miles later, he returned along the same route. Steinbeck…

Pop Torts

Lost pants, hot coffee – misfortune is opportunity for some.So there you are: for the first time since you were in fifth grade and stayed home sick from school, you’re out of work and sacked out on the living room sofa watching daytime TV. “Steve” turns to “Maury” turns to “Springer,” and mixed in with all the commercials for cooking…