July 6, 2013 By Mickey Friedman We are human. Fraught with frailty. Our failures are manifest. So it’s hard for me to believe that most of us have nothing to hide. That, because we’re not terrorists, we should not complain…
A Most Beautiful Day
June 20, 2013 By Mickey Friedman Saturday was a most beautiful day. Summoned, I believe, by the beautiful Melissa, for her wedding to Dominic. And it was a day for us all. For the first time in weeks, I was…
Understanding Adam Levine
June 6, 2013 By Mickey Friedman I’m worried about Adam Levine. I never thought I’d ever say that. Especially because just a few months ago I had no idea who Adam Levine was. I’d seen his group, Maroon 5, on…
Edward Passetto
Monday, May 27, 2013 By Mickey Friedman Edward Passetto came down from Pittsfield to The Best Small Town in America to find some peace, to end his pain. A Marine, at war in Afghanistan, he saved two civilian victims of…
Sorry, Mother Earth
Thursday, May 23, 2013 By Mickey Friedman I got my ass kicked. Playing Democracy In Action at The Mahaiwe. You might have seen the poster advertising not the opera or the Chinese acrobats but our Annual Great Barrington Town Meeting…
Too Much With Us
April 26, 2013 By Mickey Friedman I took Peter’s advice and bought clear packing tape to patch the major cuts and bruises of my sign, then went back out to demonstrate this past weekend. Peter, as he often does, took…
Just Say No, Thanks
April 11, 2013 By Mickey Friedman Will loves Simon and Garfunkel and Simon without Garfunkel and Bob Dylan and Van Morrison. So when Will opens Fuel at seven, he tells Pandora to sing the 1960s. Which means early mornings at…
Treason
April 4, 2013 By Mickey Friedman My “Support The Troops / It’s Time To Come Home” sign has seen better days. I’ve taped and re-taped it; stapled and re-stapled it. This Saturday a big wind blew it and me several…
The Dark
March 23 2013 By Mickey Friedman Last week began for me with the news my former love had hung herself. The obituary reported she died at home. True, but hardly the real story. When it comes to mental illness, we…
A Letter to the Red Crows
March 4, 2013 Dear Mickey, Totally agree about Old Mill. I’ve had some wonderful meals and parties there – we used to fit all of CHP in the small dining room at Christmas and it was so lovely. We weren’t…