Category: Great Barrington MA

Hard Times High

August 25, 2012 By Mickey Friedman In the old days, doing nothing cost you nothing. And there was a big difference between doing nothing and doing something. Somehow, now, doing nothing costs forty-two million dollars. I know squat about building…

The Small Stuff

July 28, 2012 By Mickey Friedman I’m trying not to sweat the big stuff. Like the end of the world as we know it. I mean, if God wanted us to have arctic ice and antarctic penguins, he wouldn’t have…

Losing My Grip

May 19, 2012 By Mickey Friedman Do you remember when people would say “he’s losing his grip on reality” about someone who seemed not quite there? When an expert on something or other would announce on TV that some adamant,…

A Greater Barrington

April 21, 2012 By Mickey Friedman I like knowing where things are. Where the bathrooms are? Where you can find pasta sauce at the Big Y? And I get used to things the way they are. It’s taken me years…

The Bestest Small Town in America

May 5, 2012 By Mickey Friedman Gettya free money! Free money! Right over here! Reminds me of the Marx Brothers and A Day At The Races. Gettya ice icream. Tootsy fruitsy ice cream here. I thought of this walking to…

Let’s Buy A Farm

Mickey Friedman December 17, 2011 If there’s one thing I learned from hearing “Oklahoma” eight million times it’s that the cowboys and the farmers should be friends. We’re short of cowboys and growing short of farmers around these parts. Which…

A Hamlet For Us All

By Mickey Friedman September 23, 2011 Eminent Déjà Vu Domain. I remember those words. Something about a dump for Great Barrington. Eminent Domain. Paying less than the land was worth. And then a court case and paying a whole lot…

Other Sides of Al Schwartz

  Leslie Haywood Ceanga was kind enough to share four of her favorite photos of Al Schwartz with the readers of Red Crow News. We’ve received reminiscences from several readers over the last few days.  You can read some of…

Feeling Stupid

By Mickey Friedman September 9, 2011 GREAT BARRINGTON, MA — I don’t like feeling stupid. Of course, there have been times when I’ve been really stupid. Like all those times I didn’t do my homework, and sat there the next…

The Rising: A Fishable, Swimmable Rising Pond

By Mickey Friedman August 12, 2011 GE sees Rising Pond and sees a PCB dump. I see Rising Pond and I see a gem, the cornerstone of a renewed and restored Housatonic, Massachusetts. I see people fishing on the banks,…

Of TV, Torchwood, and Lauren Ambrose

July 14, 2011 Camille LeCrow First off, I have to say I’m exceedingly grateful that the Starz network has opted to give us back “Torchwood,” and thrilled that Great Barrington’s own Lauren Ambrose has joined the cast. I am one…