Selected Poems

• "A Sonnet for February 2, 2009"
• "The Maples" (inspired by a painting by Walter L. Martin, unveiled at "Visions in Verse" in May 2008)
• "The Road Home" (poem inspired by a painting by Mary Dunn; unveiled at "Visions in Verse" in May 2007)

Selected Essays / Memoirs

• "My Thesaurus"
• "It Happens Every Time"
• "Good-bye, Old Friend"

Selected Concert Reviews

• Elton John & Billy Joel, Foxboro MA, July 18, 2009
• Jackson Browne, Providence RI, April 4, 2008
• The Dead, Worcester MA, April 19. 2009
• The Eagles, Boston MA, July 30, 2008
• Bob Seger with the Silver Bullet Band & Steve Azar, Worcester MA, January 30, 2007
• Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Albany NY, November 15, 2007

Current project:

• "Westward I Go Free: Henry David Thoreau's Journey from Massachusetts to Minnesota,"  a history/guidebook of the 1861 Journey West undertaken by Henry David Thoreau and Horace Mann, Jr.   |

Upcoming appearances:

• September 11, 2010:  "A Transcendental Travelogue:  When Henry Thoreau Came through White River Junction," during the Glory Days of the Railroad festival in White River Junction, Vermont.
• October 1, 2010:  "How 19^th-Century Travel Narratives Add Flavor to Local History," presentation during the conference of the North American Association of Environmental Educators (NAAEE), Buffalo, New York.  Requires conference admission.
• October 26, 2010:  "A Transcendental Travelogue," ALFA, Fitchburg State College, Fitchburg, Mass., 2:30 p.m.

Ongoing web projects:

• New England Carnegies, a site that honors the libraries that Andrew Carnegie helped to fund
• Carnegies of the Northeast  (under development)
• Thoreau's Journey West, a site about the 1861 trip that led Henry Thoreau & Horace Mann, Jr. to the American Midwest
• Macungie's Three Pines:  The Story of a Pennsylvania Dutch farm  (under development)

Web site work:

• Hitchcock Center for the Environment, Amherst, Mass.  (site maintenance)
• Landau Veterinary Services, Pelham, Mass.   (site design and maintenance)
• Town of Athol, Athol, Mass.   (site maintenance)

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