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A snow bank near UMass Lowell
With another 12 inches on the way, Tony Sampas reminds us of the amount of snow already on the ground.
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‘The Mail Order Tree’ by Jack McDonough
Welcome to our newest contributor, Jack McDonough, who formerly read his essays on WUML’s Sunrise program. Here’s his first submission to this site: The Mail Order Tree I don’t remember how old I was when my father sent away for that Tulip tree. I guess I was twelve or so.…
Read More »North Common Village
A study of light and shadow by Tony Sampas, featuring Lowell’s North Common Village
Read More »January 24, 2011 – Coldest Day of the Year
At 5 am the thermometer read -3 degrees so I bundled up and headed out for a walk. With the right clothes, it wasn’t too bad, but with no fleece for the dog, we cut the walk short and returned a half hour later. I thought the temperature had gone…
Read More »Jack Lalanne
Growing up in the 1960’s, while home from school on snow days or sick days, I would sometimes stumble on to the Jack Lalanne show as I spun the TV dial from Jack Chase and Don Kent on Channel 4 to Major Mudd on Channel 7. Lalanne was a bit…
Read More »Happy Birthday, Ivy
Ivy, our Yellow Lab, celebrates her 3rd birthday today.
Read More »Review of MRT’s “Tryst” by Nancye Tuttle
Nancye Tuttle calls Tryst “captivating, frightening and all-enveloping. Read her review of the Merrimack Repertory Theater’s latest play on Nancye’s blog.
Read More »Abbott Grave, Lowell Cemetery
Marie just did a post about efforts to save the Wilderness Battlefield in Virginia, the place where Lowell resident Henry Abbott was killed in action. Above is a photo of his monument in the Lowell Cemetery, which sits alongside an identical monument for his brother Edward, who was killed earlier…
Read More »“Standing up to MTV” by Steve O’Connor
Frequent contributor Steve O’Connor share some thoughts on Comcast, MTV, and that cable channel’s controversial new show, Skins: I spent a half hour on the phone yesterday, half of that on hold, with Comcast. I had been watching a report on CNN earlier about a new drama called “Skins” to…
Read More »Lowell Sun: Disqus in; Topix out
Perhaps I should wait until tomorrow for this post, because I have something positive to say about the Lowell Sun and a day when the temperature might not rise above 0 degrees would be somehow appropriate for that. But this news is too important to wait. The Sun is discontinuing…
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