Arts & Culture·Reflections Reflections: Gifts for no one December 12, 2025 by Carlene Phillips As part of my New York Times online subscription, I get something called Wirecutter, which recommends various commercial products. Naturally they have a list… Read More
Reflections Reflections: My sort-of summer home May 28, 2015 by Carlene Phillips Recently, a couple of my friends have been talking about their summer homes—opening them up, renting them out, spending time in them. It all… Read More
Reflections Reflections: Committing the same old gardening crimes April 30, 2015 by Carlene Phillips If there were gardening police, I would have been apprehended multiple times over the years as a repeat offender. Actually, I could have pleaded… Read More
Reflections Reflections: My dream job in a bookshop April 2, 2015 by Carlene Phillips As a kid, whenever I was asked that annoying question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I had a ready… Read More
Reflections Reflections: The presence of the past March 5, 2015 by Carlene Phillips I think it’s mad at me. Ever since I publicized its flaws in this space two weeks ago, my house has been giving me… Read More
Reflections Reflections: On downsizing February 19, 2015 by Carlene Phillips I have no plans to downsize. Good thing, because no one wants to buy my house. According to a senior real estate specialist whom… Read More
Reflections Reflections: On a new year and finding a name for the future me January 29, 2015 by Carlene Phillips It was going pretty well for a task I loathe. For me, taking down holiday decorations ranks high on my hate-to-do list. Happy memories… Read More
Reflections Reflections: A historical soul journeys to youthful Boston December 19, 2014 by Carlene Phillips Recently, the Boston Globe reported that Boston is number one among cities with a high percentage of young people. Undaunted by the fact, this… Read More
Reflections Reflections: On town center elms and stewardship May 9, 2014 We moved to Elm Street in Harvard in 1988. At our first Annual Town Meeting, $5,000 in the omnibus budget for the Elm Commission… Read More
Arts & Culture·Reflections Reflections: Waste not … January 14, 2011 Many of us who grew up in the ’60s studied the Native Americans in elementary school, and many of us were impressed by the… Read More
Arts & Culture·Reflections Reflections: Prophets of Doom August 13, 2010 When I was a teenager worrying about the world, my dad used to say, “Prophets of doom have always been wrong.” It was hard… Read More
