Local Color #9 (2007 Edition)

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"I quickly put on my coat, leggings, hat, and mittens and went out into the very early New Year's morning to parade up and down 77th Place, tooting and whistling and banging as the sun came up. I was probably the most disliked child in the neighborhood on that morning."

-from "New Year's Memories" by Maggie Moriarty, Warwick

"My father wore a long white frock and a cap. Very soon, with tender words and sufficient ether to cause the animal to sleep, it was secured to the table with its belly uppermost. The skin was properly prepared. My father did his hand scrub at the kitchen sink."

-from "My Father the Veterinarian" by Peg Folgmann, Shelburne Falls

"Big bands were broadcast while dancing continued. I am with the top DJ from the station, 'Friendly Freddy.' That was strange because his real name was Richard."

-from "WHYN Radio at Mountain Park" by Henry A. Strong, Holyoke

"Never had I seen so many people; and all seemed to be going in different directions."

-from "The Long Train Ride" by Wanda Hilliker, Greenfield

"As his work day drew to a close, I was permitted to walk up South Park Avenue in Hanover, New Hampshire to meet him walking home from Dartmouth College's heating and electrical plant, where he had been hired in 1920 to be its chief engineer."

-from "William Henry Moore" by Ruth A. Walker, East Longmeadow

Local Color #9 is available for $12 (plus $5 shipping and handling) until the print run is sold out. It can be purchased through PayPal or by sending a check made out to Local Color to:

Local Color
PO Box 116
Montague, MA 01351

Local Color #8 (2006 Edition)

A few copies of Local Color #8, the 2006 edition, are still available!

"I never realized how this pink coat would brighten my winter days and help me make new friends."

-Joyce Holloway, Athol

"My father, then store head, said, 'Now your real education starts as night janitor at seventy-five cents an hour...'"

-Charles M. Johnson, Springfield

"The swamp opened out into a large meadow. Throughout the summer, wildflowers bloomed there."

-Dorothy Hmieleski, South Deerfield

"The world would be a better place if everyone headed to the beach, not with the summer crowds but alone."

-Ruth A. Walker, East Longmeadow

"Ginseng digging is best done in late August and early September. That is when the cluster of berries in the center of the spread turn red and can be easily seen."

-Margaret Folgmann, Shelburne Falls

Local Color #8 is available for $12 (plus $5 shipping and handling) until the print run is sold out. It can be purchased through PayPal or by sending a check made out to Local Color to:

Local Color
PO Box 116
Montague, MA 01351