The rise and fall of the autograph book

Autograph books have gone from scholarly credentials to Victorian poems on friendship to adolescent rhymes to the signatures of Disney characters. Continue reading >

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​Four Geezers stay young with Woodstock projects

The Geezer Corps’ motto is “Doing good things for Woodstock until we keel over.” The four town residents meet every morning at Bread Alone to discuss the community service projects that are keeping them busy in their retirement. Their only rule is to have fun. How much fun? I’ll try to convey it through dialogue, although the one-liners zinged by so fast, I couldn’t get everything down.
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Black Plum Center helps with final passages

​Dying of old age has changed drastically since we Baby Boomers were young. Our parents helped our grandparents over the threshold, and now, for the younger of us, it’s our turn to be the helpers. Continue reading >

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Michael Esposito’s quietly eventful Woodstock life

Quoting one of his Swami Salami cartoons, which have been appearing in the Woodstock Times since 1985, Michael Esposito said, “‘I came, I shopped, I left.’ That’s my motto. It simplifies the whole idea of coming to this physical manifestation....”
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While performing his particular style of “shopping,” Michael’s occupations have included musician, painter, builder, priest, and bicycle repairman, as well as cartoonist. In the 1960s, he played in a rock band, the Blues Magoos....  Continue reading >