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Isolation Scenes II By Doug Sparks ON AN EARLY Saturday morning in April, I wake up to snowfall. The sight saddens me, because I know how many people are looking to the earth for some transcendent message that will help make sense of our current situation. And it saddens me…
Read More »Fred Notes is a recurring column by Fred Faust Heartache, Cope and Hope By Fred Faust These are the thoughts, experiences and hopes of three members of the Greater Lowell community in confronting the impacts of the corona virus. On the Front Lines Dr. Arthur “Chip” Gonsalves is on the…
Read More »A Virginia resident watching an AT&T Commercial spotted a Lowell landmark in the video and sent me a link. The advertisement is for AT&T FirstNet, an emergency communications network. The above screenshot is of the Covid-19 drive thru testing site at Cross Point which appears in the background. Check out…
Read More »Today’s cartoon from Nicholas Whitmore.
Read More »Sad-Eyed Lady By David Daniel Mornings she’s out there on the sidewalk, costumed in a long satiny smock and wearing a spiked crown, both the color of tarnished bronze. Not clothing for not-quite spring; but this is about timing. April is coming and she’s an enticement, representing—I have to…
Read More »Isolation Scenes By Doug Sparks I’ve noticed a pair of robins who occasionally perch on the roof kitty-corner to our living room. So far, I’ve been flattering myself that this is some kind of Disney idyll — that the birds are enamored of my two young girls, and are checking…
Read More »We are all hoping to get through to the other side of this virus crisis. We don’t know what the conditions will be. More than 16 million people have filed for unemployment benefits–the real number of jobless people is much higher. There is much pain and suffering ahead in terms…
Read More »Blood on the Tracks By John Wooding The world is hurting. Tens of thousands are sick and too many have died. We are confronting a catastrophe, and there are few causes for optimism. In all of this, however, there are some small sparks of hope, one of which is our…
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