Mad About Town

By Carolyn Marsh

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  Street smarts and dummies

  By Carolyn Marsh - Oct 31
  I must have looked like a madwoman last Sunday afternoon, hustling down Route 1 with a screwdriver in one hand and a pair of pliers (Are they ...
  
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  Living off the grid and its byproducts

  By Carolyn Marsh - Sep 27
  Living off the grid sounds so, so — well, romantic and dashing, despite the fact that the expression brings to my mind one of those medieval ...
  
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  Being nuts about plain chocolate

  By Carolyn Marsh - Apr 24
  I spent some of a recent weekend putting pockets in my yoga pants. To be perfectly honest, I spent a large part of that time trying to thread a ...
  

• I don’t know why I call this a civilized society

  By Carolyn Marsh - Jan 22
  Hannaford's is a great place for networking. The other day I ran into my friend Amy, which is always a pleasure. Not only does she have her finger ...
  

• Big Brother is reading the radio signals

  By Carolyn Marsh - Dec 18
  I'm having a hard time feeling sorry for Tiger Woods, formerly the face and now the farce of professional golf. I wonder how he'll sustain body ...
  

• A joint endeavor

  By Carolyn Marsh - Nov 13
  - Take it from me: If you’re going to have joint-replacement surgery, do it with a buddy. My friend Kathie and I each had a knee replaced a week ago ...
  

• Somewhere overseas

  By Carolyn Marsh - Oct 17
  - I thought that since I was going to be out of the state and the country for a couple of weeks on business that perhaps I would get a pass on Mad. ...
  

• Communication as an art form

  By Carolyn Marsh - Sep 18
  - PULLQUOTE I had no idea how to get a skunk out of a trap, so I improvised. First I put on my foul-weather gear, which covered me from head to ...
  

• Getting fooled again

  By Carolyn Marsh - Aug 21
  - I spent a few days last week in Little Rock, Ark., known to some for its hot springs (I suspect he was misinformed) and to others for those days ...
  

• Walter Cronkite and the YouTube generation

  By Carolyn Marsh - Jul 24
  - Like countless thousands (you could look it up), I mourned the death last week of Walter Cronkite, and not just because it distracted me from the ...
  

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  Waltzing with Wagner and not Rudolf

  By Carolyn Marsh - Oct 11
  I have resolutely avoided reading the article in the New York Times about how people fall in love with their iPhones. All I need in my life is one ...
  
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  Deliriously dry, and also not so wet

  By Carolyn Marsh - Aug 29
  It boggles my mind that we take the word of the same people who rated toxic mortgage derivatives — or whatever they’re called; one of the great ...
  

• Is there a cure for corporate America?

  By Carolyn Marsh - Feb 06
  The Internet is the biggest shell game going. Virtually nothing is free. I finally found a so-so substitute for Arnold's Bran'Nola, the archly ...
  

• Home in the dark, snow, rain and wind

  By Carolyn Marsh - Jan 09
  The Maine State Legislature is contemplating putting a warning on cell phones that they might cause brain cancer. This would be a first. I'm not ...
  

• Fly me to the moon. Not.

  By Carolyn Marsh - Dec 04
  A conversation about mattresses over Thanksgiving dinner made me wonder just how long it's been since I bought one. Pretty long, I guess, as I ...
  

• Let me tell you the story

  By Carolyn Marsh - Oct 30
  - Boston was the last port of call on my recent business/pleasure trip. After the comfort and convenience of public transport in the UK (that would ...
  

• Potholes and bellies

  By Carolyn Marsh - Oct 02
  - I don’t know about you, but every time I see a photo in the newspaper accompanying a story about members of Congress debating an issue — right ...
  

• Mad about town: Skunked

  By Carolyn Marsh - Sep 04
  - Somewhere tonight there will be a very unhappy skunk, as the restaurant will be closed. For the past week or so I have been feeding him wet and ...
  

• Creative thinking not advised

  By Carolyn Marsh - Aug 07
  - Don’t think outside the box. Please. From my midtown aerie, I have noticed a new phenomenon. (Question: Are all phenomena new? Answer: No.) On any ...
  

• Mad about town: Trucks and troubadours (not)

  By Carolyn Marsh - Jul 10
  - I lived in New York City for nearly a quarter of a century, and for most of that time on the Upper West Side where 72nd Street debouches (more or ...