The walk to Main Street

Berkshire Publishing used to have offices on Main Street and my walk to work was down Castle Street – the prettiest and shortest commute in the world, I often thought. It’s still my most frequent walk because I’d do just about anything to avoid driving and have the good fortune to live in a neighborhood within a few minutes’ of a small-town downtown with hardware stores (yes, that’s plural), groceries, library, restaurants, and one of the best cheese shops in the United States. I used to go into Covent Garden in London to shop at Neal’s Yard Dairy, and now I can walk to Main Street and buy the same cheeses. Here’s a photo of one of the two gorgeous, lichened stone staircases along Castle Street.

May 25th, 2012|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: Great Barrington, The Good Life|

About the Author: Karen Christensen

Karen Christensen is an entrepreneur, environmentalist, and scholar who writes about the many ways women have gained and wielded power. She is the owner and CEO of Berkshire Publishing Group, a former trustee of the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Press, a member of the National Committee on US-China Relations, and the founder of the Train Campaign. Subscribe to Karen’s Letter @Substack https://karenchristensen.substack.com or try her Home Ecology newsletter. She can also be found on Twitter @karenchristenze.