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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. After three harrowing days, our cousins and their dog, Harry (see photo from drier days), were rescued Monday from their home in the Meyerland section of Houston. They live but a stone’s throw from a bayou in a gracious…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. One blue-eyed, baby-faced demonstrator in Charlottesville, Virginia tells you all you need to know about what drives the alt-right haters, the white supremacists, neo-Nazis, Ku Klux Klan and their ilk. Said Sean Patrick Nielsen, “I’m here because our Republican…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Donald Trump has left the White House. For 17 days. For a vacation in New Jersey. Is it safe to come out? Initially, I thought so. After Senators John McCain, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski stood tall to…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. This is Old Home Week in Freedom, New Hampshire, population 1500. The town was incorporated in 1832 after it seceded from next-door Effingham in a dispute over whose taxes would pay for a bridge between the two. Freedom…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. History is often best revealed through the personal stories and relationships of individuals. So it is with these non-fiction books I’ve read of late. An Invisible Thread is a deeply personal memoir of two lives brought together by…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. On a rainy October-like day, there’s nothing like settling in with good fiction to escape from the Trumpian travails of our time. Here, in no particular order, are some of the books I’ve been reading over the past…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Finally, a good Russian story. No, not Vladimir Putin or lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, who met with DJT, Jr. Instead, it was Daniil Trifonovv, the brilliant young pianist who thrilled audiences last week at Tanglewood Music Center, the summer…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. photo Boston Globe Welcoming summer’s glories with friends in Ogunquit, listening languidly to waves lapping the rock-strewn sandy beach, long walks on the Marginal Way, lobster and steamers – life’s pleasures endure, despite the despicable political environment.…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. A wonderful reunion was held Thursday, a celebration of the 20-year history of John and Diddy Cullinane’s stewardship of Black & White Boston Coming Together. They have published a book commemorating the contribution of that organization and of…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Kirby Perkins was a Channel 5 reporter with a breadth of interests who especially loved politics and sports. The station’s “High Five” series of profiles has long celebrated high school athletes. But Kirby thought that academic performance…
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