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It was six months ago – Sunday, March 15, 2020 – that Governor Charlie Baker ordered schools, restaurants, and bars to close. Courthouses and much else closed too. Although the Covid-19 virus had been lurking in our consciousness for weeks before that, it was the mandated closings that brought home…
Read More »It’s harvest time on Old Frog Pond Farm so Linda Hoffman reports being busy with raspberries, butternut squash, and tomatoes. But the farm is not exclusively a working farm; it is also a cultural site and this week, Linda did a post on the upcoming arts events. Here are the…
Read More »Joe McGowan, a native of Mullaghmore, Co. Sligo, is a noted historian, novelist, folklorist, and an acclaimed storyteller. Readers of Trasna will be familiar with his talent as Joe launched our first issue of Trasna with his piece entitled, “May: Mary’s Month or Baal’s?” Joe’s essay thoughtfully explored the “green…
Read More »The Revolving Museum was founded by Jerry Back in the 1980s in Boston. At first, it consisted of outdoor art installations but in 1995 it gained a physical space in a vacant building in the Fort Point neighborhood. But as that decade came to an end, real estate prices in…
Read More »Chath pierSath’s new book, ON EARTH BENEATH SKY, is forthcoming in about ten days. The poems and prose sketches describe his journey as a genocide survivor from Cambodia, boy refugee starting over in Colorado, and new American finding a place in this country and his own place in society. He…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. When you’re done reading James H. Barron’s new sweeping biography and political thriller, “The Greek Connection,” (shameless plug!) here are some other non-fiction possibilities for the last weeks of summer. Not everything has to be about Donald Trump!…
Read More »I read a great book last week. Again. By Jack McDonough The next best thing to reading a good book is finding a good book. While finding The Book is the goal, the search for that next great read is fun, too. It may be like deer hunting. You know…
Read More »Here is a roundup of upcoming virtual events from near and far that may be of interest to our readers: Pollard Memorial Library Jenna Blum Author Talk Sept 15 at 6pm This is the Pollard Memorial Library Foundation’s Meet the Author event featuring Jenna Blum, the author of Those Who…
Read More »In keeping with the education theme this month, here’s an excerpt from a memory book I’m writing. Some sections are built on related, even if partial, recollections—in this case experiences during my college years. At times, memories can be like bits of mica shining in a chunk of stone you…
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