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Stuck in Eden By James Provencher At day’s end in late autumn I am sitting on a bench at the edge of Snug Cove where big workhorse tugs dwarf tied up trawlers, the local fishing fleet in Eden on Australia’s far South Coast. Eden’s claimed to be only one of…
Read More »The Allied invasion of Normandy – D-Day – occurred on this day in 1944. In the pre-dawn hours, thousands of British and American paratroopers jumped into the dark and stormy night. Though they mostly landed far from their designated drop zones and in scattered small bunches, their mere presence was…
Read More »ARMENIAN TROUT By Sean Casey Previously published in Australia in a magazine called Torpedo for a tribute issue to the American novelist, writer and poet Richard Brautigan. As an adult of thirty, I learned of Armenia’s trout from a man named Albert. I had hired Albert to take me on…
Read More »A Book Review by Jack McDonough I spent my entire working life writing and editing copy but I’ve never written fiction. For certain, I’ve never written a novel. But I appreciate good writing and would like to help budding novelists, and even those already published, by sharing examples of remarkable…
Read More »Donald Arcand (1946-1965) was the first resident of Lowell to die in the Vietnam War. Arcand was born on February 13, 1946, and lived at 130 Ford Street in the city’s Little Canada neighborhood. After graduating from St. Joseph’s High School, he worked in a shoe factory until he enlisted…
Read More »In 1831, brothers John and Thomas Nesmith purchased 150 acres in Tewksbury from Judge Edward Livermore for $25,000. The following year, the brothers hired Alexander Wadsworth, a landscape architect from Boston who was the cousin of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and also the designer of Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, to…
Read More »Another post in honor of Bob Dylan’s 80th birthday. The Second Time I Didn’t See Dylan By David Daniel First time I ever heard of Bob Dylan was when my older cousin Eric mentioned him. He must’ve read an article and not yet heard the name said aloud because he…
Read More »Zwei tote Mäuse (Two Dead Mice) By Mark Cote Mouse shit covered the laundry room floor, like spilled chocolate sprinkles. And all around the dog’s dish, marking their territory. Ballsy little bastards. Late night visits to the kitchen in search of scraps had become routine, one or two at a…
Read More »Boarding School Blues By Louise Peloquin Ch. 12: Camera, Action, Lights After soup, sandwich and recreation, the boarders filed into the spacious hall reserved for choral practice, piano recitals and official ceremonies. A film was replacing study and the excitement was palpable. Although the girls felt like chatting, they remained…
Read More »Bob Dylan’s Vocal Chords for Susan O. By David Cappella The speech pathologist sits on the icy aluminum bench beside me, as we watch the hockey game, chilly in the refrigerator cold of the skating rink. Outside squats a New England heat wave, one of those cursed Bermuda highs that…
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