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Sunday scenes from the Festival
I’ll have some thoughts on the “big picture” of the Folk Festival in a few days. For now, here are some photos from a great day in downtown Lowell.
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Saturday at the Folk Festival
Some observations after five hours of festivaling today: the weather, crowd, talent, food and visitors were all great. I especially enjoyed the amazing Red Trouser Show, the street acrobats who performed in the middle of Merrimack Street (at intersection with John). They did a lot of juggling, backflips and other…
Read More »Lowell Real Estate: week of July 22, 2013
The following real estate sales occurred during this past week. Information about the previous sale of the property follows each entry in parenthesis. July 22, 2013 (Monday) 1070 Middlesex St for $215,000 (prior in 2013 for $160,000) 607 Chelmsford St for $182,000 (prior in 2013 – foreclosure deed – for…
Read More »Lowell Folk Festival kicks off tomorrow night
I know it’s unlikely, but just in case any of our readers didn’t realize it, the Lowell Folk Festival begins tomorrow night and lasts through the weekend. We’ll have photos, video and text reports posted throughout and welcome contributions from everyone. So if you have reviews, observations, pictures, whatever, just…
Read More »Van Pech kicks off council campaign
Here’s a press release from the Van Pech for City Council Campaign: VAN PECH OFFICIALLY KICKS OFF 2013 COUNCIL CAMPAIGN Candidate shares priorities to capacity crowd of Lowell voters Lowell, MA – Although he’s already knocked on over 2,000 doors and been meeting with voters for several months now, Van…
Read More »Derek Mitchell for City Council radio ad
Here’s Derek Mitchell’s new radio ad that’s running on WCAP. (He’s a candidate for Lowell City Council). [youtube]uV0IihO3IRc[/youtube]
Read More »“This I believe” by Tooch A. Van
The following essay by Tooch Van explores his journey from a young child in Cambodia to an adult and father in Lowell today. Guest essays are always welcome here. Send yours to DickHoweJr@gmail.com. From Phnom Penh to Lowell: A Journey of the international student from Cambodia: This I believe I…
Read More »Capri pants for men
When it comes to clothing choices when traveling overseas, I’ve always thought it best to try to blend in, or at least not to stand out. That means that obvious stuff like Red Sox t-shirts and Lowell National Park ball caps get left at home. But when I got on…
Read More »Arguing about A/C
Saturday night I refereed a debate between two friends, both from a younger generation than me, over the necessity of air conditioning. One combatant maintained that even here in New England, modern home and building design made artificial cooling a necessity; the other maintained that while A/C is certainly pleasant,…
Read More »‘In Pursuit of Loneliness’ by John Wooding
“(We hope) that our transportation crisis will be solved by a bigger plane or a wider road, mental illness with a pill, poverty with a law, slums with a bulldozer, urban conflict with a gas, racism with a goodwill gesture.” – Philip E. Slater “Wisdom demands a new orientation of…
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