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When I drove up the driveway yesterday afternoon there was a platoon of squirrels arranged around our freshly raked back yard. Every one of the critters appeared to be eating something that the lawn was yielding up. I thought it might be the little nub of matter in the helicopter blade-like…
Read More »Republishing an old editorial cartoon, the Manchester Union Leader – New Hampshire’s only state-wide newspaper – declares “like father- like son” to describe GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Editorially, the paper has recently endorsed Newt Gingrich’s candidacy in the New Hampshire presidential primary scheduled for January 10, 2012. While declaring they don’t…
Read More »From one of our correspondents flung not-too-far into the Atlantic off the Cape, Ray LaPorte, comes this pick-up from National Public Radio about haiku-style traffic signs in New York City. I want to know how they showed the signs on the radio? Read about it here.
Read More »St. Francis Xavier, S.J. (1506-1552) With all the Lowell connections, it’s important to note that today December 3 is the Feast Day of St. Francis Xavier. Francis Xavier was a pioneering Roman Catholic missionary, born in Navarre – one of the seven founders of the Society of Jesus along with teacher and…
Read More »On Dec. 1, the NYTimes carried an article about young writers and scholars in NY who have created their own means of distributing their creative and intellectual work. Thanks to Dick for spotting this. I misread the headline as “Literary Clubs,” and in a nanosecond decided to skip that on…
Read More »“Pigeons” by Richard Marion (c) 2011 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »Housing authorities have been much in the news lately, whether it’s in Chelsea, Dracut or Lowell, but that’s not necessarily a new phenomenon. I recently came across a 1973 Lowell Sun column by Carolyn Miegel that touched upon an alleged housing authority controversy and then provided a glimpse into ethnic…
Read More »Mass Moments remind us that on this day December 2, 1867, the iconic author Charles Dickens began his Second American tour heer in Massachusetts – opening in Boston and reading at Tremont Temple. Not in the best of health, Dickens arrived a few weeks early and spent some time recuperating…
Read More »Another twist on the Kerouac thing. Read about this designer, Gary Joseph Cieradkowski, and what he writes about Kerouac and baseball.
Read More »The Lowell Sun and other media outlets are reporting on breakingnews that State Senator Susan Fargo will face a primary challenge in 2012 from Democrat Michael Barrett. Fargo represents the Third Middlesex District with includes the communities of Bedford, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Concord, Lincoln, Waltham, Weston and parts of Sudbury and Lexington. Michael-Barrett…
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