Staasi Heropoulos
About Staasi
Staasi Heropoulos has been a broadcast and print journalist as well as a corporate communications practitioner, in Western Mass. and internationally for more than 40 years. He loves writing feature articles on local people and places but also welcomes story ideas about corporate and government malfeasance.
Tedious chores, car trouble and the art of staying sane
The other day I wandered into the kitchen and calmly told my wife I have had it with chores. Of course, I would never stop doing the laundry, cleaning the house, paying bills and arranging for someone else to do yardwork.
Using this word too often makes it lose its meaning
Most of us have received correspondence beginning with the trite, “We regret to inform you that [fill in the blank].”
The first 48 hours of grief after losing our dog, Scotty
It was 2021 when a veterinary oncologist blew up our world. Our cherished dog Scotty had cancer. Chemotherapy was said to give him six months more to live, so we gave it a shot.