D.R. Bahlman

If, in pursuit of my hobby, I set out to write lyrics for a ballad about Trump, I'd turn for inspiration to George Bernard Shaw: "The worst sin toward our

WILLIAMSTOWN — One of the best teachers I’ve ever had was the late Professor Richard Schuster of New England College in Henniker, N.H. — “the only Henniker on Earth,” according

WILLIAMSTOWN — One warm day last week, for the first time since last fall, I spotted a red squirrel in the yard. It looked to me as though the squirrel

WILLIAMSTOWN — A lone daffodil emerged early last week from the weather-beaten ground of the flowerbed behind the garage, and two more of a different variety appeared over the weekend

WILLIAMSTOWN — A couple of slow drains, a winter ice-cracked outdoor water line and an odd-sounding whine from a showerhead lead the list of problems to be presented to our

WILLIAMSTOWN — In a practice round played during my early instruction in the rudiments of contract bridge, I displayed proficiency in the art of finesse: the employment of cunning aimed

WILLIAMSTOWN — When telemarketers, scammers and bad news exhaust his patience and dampen his spirits, Ray Hartman’s thoughts often turn to his youth. Now 78 — he celebrated his birthday

The college commencement address — the party-delaying, sometimes tiring and rarely inspiring staple of graduation ceremonies — "has become a political mine field."

WILLIAMSTOWN — Every so often, I’m bitten by what I call the “gadget bug.”

WILLIAMSTOWN — Drink in one hand, lit cigarette in the other (I smoked back then), I was standing at the fireplace in my family’s living room talking with a guest