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Living Madly: Blessings By Emilie-Noelle Provost My husband, Rob, and I moved to Lowell nearly twenty-four years ago with our then eleven-month-old daughter. For the previous four years, we’d been living in a rural area of western Massachusetts. The nearest grocery store was fifteen miles away. We liked it there,…
Read More »Boarding School Blues: Ch. 57 By Louise Peloquin Ch. 57: We can work it out During the days leading up to the weekend, Blanche was confined to the infirmary. The slightest noise prompted her to pretend sleep. She didn’t feel like talking or praying out loud with Sister Marie-Ange. And…
Read More »On Saturday, May 20, 2023, Lowell Cemetery will host a Veterans Tour of the cemetery to recognize and remember those who served in the military forces of the United States. Rather than a standard tour led by a single guide, this tour will have volunteer guides positioned at each of…
Read More »April 2023 Dispatch: Port Townsend, Washington By Michael McCormick After spending nearly seventy years in New England and Alaska, I am welcoming spring’s arrival in the Evergreen State. Since the third week of March, I have lived in a 416 square foot cottage in Port Townsend, a community of about…
Read More »NOT QUITE READY: A BOSTON STORY A short story of youthful dreaming By Jerry Bisantz Copyright 2023 I must start with this confession: I was born and raised in Buffalo, NY. You know Buffalo, right? Butt of a million and a half jokes. Here’s my favorite about my favorite football…
Read More »Important Life Lesson By Charles Gargiulo My Mom decided to send me to a Catholic high school after I graduated from my Catholic elementary school. I don’t know why it was such a big deal to her since she never went to church and I never did either, but it…
Read More »The ”sale” of Wamesit The end of King Philip’s War did not bring an end to the ill-feelings of the English towards the Native Americans. On May 24, 1677, the General Court decreed that all Native Americans living in Massachusetts must remain within the bounds of their assigned towns, like…
Read More »Yesterday was the 20th anniversary of the collapse of New Hampshire’s Old Man of the Mountain. The Old Man of the Mountain was a natural rock formation located in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, USA. It was a series of five granite cliff ledges that appeared to form the…
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