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I was up late last night, not to watch the Patriots but to finish reading Massacre on the Merrimack, Jay Atkinson’s excellent new book about Hannah Duston and her encounter with Abenaki warriors along the bank of the Merrimack River in March 1697. The 39 year old Duston had just…
Read More »My association with the town of Tewksbury is long, and I like to think deep. Many, many years ago I remember attending an event in which several dignitaries from the town of Tewkesbury, England were the featured guest. Honestly, I was there for political reasons, more than historical. At that…
Read More »After thirty-one years as a successful late night talk show host, last night David Letterman announced his retirement. The 67 year old entertainer began his career as a weatherman in Indianapolis before moving into comedy writing. In his early appearances on “The Tonight Show” with Johnny Carson, I found Letterman’s…
Read More »I often google …“best streaming TV series on Netflix”. Fortunately, this phase has led me to many excellent hours of quality TV viewing. One such series is a 2002 production titled The Forstye Saga. I’ve had this PBS production in my queue for at least a year, but despite its four…
Read More »Over the past year or so I have been wondering if I could actually “cut the cord”…the cable TV cord that is. And I’m finding there is plenty of very good /great programing available “off the cord”. Case in point…I just finished watching the entire three seasons of The Borgias…
Read More »I first became a fan of the historical writing of Nathaniel Philbrick after reading Mayflower, his history of not just the Pilgrims of early Plymouth County but of the settlement of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. My enjoyment of that book led me to The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull and…
Read More »Wanting to grab something quick and light for lunch yesterday, I decided to take advantage of the sunshine and relative warmth to walk from the Superior Courthouse down to Middlesex Street for my first visit to Rosie’s Cafe. Heading in that direction, I always use South Street which allows me…
Read More »A stellar review in yesterday’s Boston Globe North section prompted me to traverse the Richard P. Howe Bridge to get lunch at Eggroll Cafe at 110 University Ave in Lowell. Located just beyond the north campus of UMass Lowell, the Cafe, the trip there from the Highlands and finding parking…
Read More »The recent publication of The Burglary: The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover’s Secret FBI by Washington Post reporter Betty Medsger brings much needed attention to a little known bit of civil disobedience by some anti-war activists back in 1971 that led to the discovery of systemic illegal surveillance and covert…
Read More »I just finished watching the first season of a great BBC TV series on Netflix…and its available streaming! The Fall, created by Allan Cubitt and directed by Jakob Vertruggen is a captivating crime drama (and honest, I usually don’t like crime dramas). The main character, Detective Superintendent Stella…
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