That kind of Place

Downtown Northampton, Mass., a city of 29,571 people. Photo was taken on Nov. 1, 2025

— Photo by Quintin Soloviev

“Northampton (Mass.) is the kind of place where a professor, potter, unemployed musician, former mental patient, a woman with a handsome alimony, call all be found on Sunday mornings sitting near each other at sidewalk tables outside the coffee shops.’’

-Tracy Kidder (1945-2026), famed author of nonfiction books