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This morning I ventured to the Ogunquit Beach (Maine) parking lot to watch the beginning of what is called The Great Race. Over one hundred vintage and antique cars lined up side to side to fill the lot. Hundreds of spectator took pictures and/or just looked (including me). At exactly…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Yes, yes, it’s important to see the big picture. But sometimes viewing life from 30,000 feet is not actually better. Two stories in today’s Boston Globe show how grand urban plans or budget metrics can sacrifice a touch of…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. President Obama said Friday the United States will not be sending American troops back into Iraq. That was firmer than his earlier comment that every possible response to the sectarian war was on the table. The difference is a important. Insanity, we are…
Read More »On June 12, 2014, Kennebunkport celebrated former President George H W Bush’s 90th birthday with cake, ice cream, music and card making. Click photo to enlarge.
Read More »This afternoon I attended a “public” birthday bash for George H W Bush in Kennebunkport, Maine. The former president turns 90 years old today and his summer community came out with enthusiasm to help him celebrate…of course, the highlight of the event was the large crowd singing Happy Birthday, led…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Smart People, Lydia Diamond’s new play at the Huntington Theatre at the Boston Center for the Arts, is a smart, funny, profound and highly polished play that I don’t hesitate to recommend. Diamond, whose award-winning play Stick Fly played…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. I haven’t written much about Citizens United and the lethal impact that infamous Supreme Court decision has had on our already tainted political process. Nothing I could have written would have driven the point home as colorfully as this…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Driving past Newtown, Connecticut this past weekend was a reminder of how virtually nothing has been accomplished since the slaughter of little children at Sandy Hook School in Newtown, Connecticut a year and a half ago. The Stop Handgun…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. A ten-game losing streak. The worst in decades. A string of injuries as long as your sore arm. Still, it’s too soon to panic. At least, that’s what I keep telling myself. We’re still weeks away from my…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Former state rep and state senator Warren Tolman, whose bid for state attorney general has the backing of four former AG’s, has always said he was taking candidate Maura Healey seriously, and well he should. While Tolman, who previously ran…
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