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Christmas Entertainment
Here are some audios and videos for your holiday enjoyment. First, a couple of songs written (lyrics and music) by Charlie Gargiulo. Both are sung by Patti Sardella and produced by Elliott Jacobowitz. Next we have an old favorite from 2012, Lowell recites “A Visit from St. Nicholas.” Finally, there’s…
Read More »Oranges at Christmas
Here is another of our Christmas classics: Paul Marion’s “Oranges at Christmas.” Oranges at Christmas By Paul Marion This week, my wife, Rosemary, bought a bag of small navel oranges at Market Basket, the first of these babies for the season. When I opened the plastic bag the twelve baseball-sized…
Read More »Can We Honor a Native Son?
This essay was initially published in The Lowell Sun on December 14, 2020. Can We Honor A Native Son? By Suzanne Beebe Jack Kerouac is a world-renowned writer. He opened new avenues for American writers of the 20th century. He was central to the Beat Movement of the 1950s…
Read More »A Review of “The Power of Non-Violence”
The Power of Non-Violence: The Enduring Legacy of Richard Gregg, a Biography by John Wooding A Review by Chath pierSath I had no idea who Richard Gregg was until I read The Power of Non-Violence: The Enduring Legacy of Richard Gregg by John Wooding. The book could not have come…
Read More »Linda Hoffman on WBUR
Congratulations to artist, writer and farmer Linda Hoffman of Old Frog Pond Farm & Studio in Harvard, Mass. (and our sometimes contributor) for joining the ranks to commentators on WBUR. Linda’s essay on the apple orchard at the Winter Solstice is now online. Also, Linda has a terrific post based…
Read More »Mexicali Angels
Mexicali Angels By Jim Provencher A chorus of angels soars through the dusty streets of a Mexicali morning. It could be anywhere along the Line—cartel-torn, half-deserted, furtive, uneasy. Still, children are singing— It’s Christmastime after all, and I follow the sound into a white-washed adobe chapel where small…
Read More »Cemetery Gates: A Tour of Lowell Cemetery
Lowell’s Matthew Ludvino is a professional filmmaker and editor whose documentary credits as an editor include Year of the Bull and The Man in the Mask. This year, Matt focused some of his considerable talent on creating a film version of one of my Lowell Cemetery tours. In this effort,…
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Boarding School Blues, chapter 1
Boarding School Blues is a fictionalized story by Louise Peloquin of life at a Catholic high school in 1960s New England. The full story will be presented in regular installments over the next few months with one chapter appearing every other week. Boarding School Blues, chapter 1 The Announcement By…
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