When I first saw that the Press Herald was asking for submissions on the topic of “Overheard” for their Meetinghouse feature in December, I immediately thought, “Party line.” I spent my teenage years with a party line. I would talk to my girlfriends for hours, sitting under the desk in the dining room or stretching […]

For a brief moment in my life I owned two barbecue grills. The older one, the one I bought, I’ll call “Maverick.” The younger one, the one I found on the side of the road one morning with a “Free” sign taped to her side, I’ll call “Sassy.” Sassy, from the moment she got plugged […]