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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. An Unfinished Love Affair: a Personal History of the 1960’s by historian and biographer Doris Kearns Goodwin is the book I have been waiting for, and it doesn’t disappoint. It is an intimately told, stunningly impactful history of the…

I Won’t Have To Shave By Ed DeJesus My father, Tony DeJesus, was born in Lowell in 1910. He served eight years in the Mass National Guard until his 26th Infantry Yankee Division was mustered into the Army in 1941 to join the WW II European forces. He was an…

The entry below is being cross-posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. The Lioness of Boston by Emily Franklin is a lush historical novel about Isabella Stewart Gardner, Belle of Boston, an upper class young woman who refused to limit herself to the cultural norms prescribed by the wealthy social elite of…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. If you think today’s headlines are bad, you’re right.  We’re dogged by the apparent philosophy of those in my lifelong profession: bad news is good news, and good news is no news at all. Just consider a…

The Lowell City Council’s Economic Development Subcommittee met on Thursday to review the status of the city’s agreement with Lupoli Companies LLC to develop two buildings and a parking garage within the Hamilton Canal Innovation District. The meeting was not televised live so I didn’t get a chance to see…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. Consider the plight of my friend, let’s call her Barbara. A widow, a vivacious, smart and active woman “of a certain age,” she found love again more than a decade ago with a widower. After a long…

“Annual demonstration of faith” – (PIP #25) By Louise Peloquin       For 71 years, L’Etoile shone out of Lowell’s Little Canada to offer its readership local, regional, and international coverage of a wide variety of news items. Deemed just as newsworthy as scoops from abroad, community events were regularly…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion by David McRaney offers what could be an eye-opening look at how to talk to “the other.” It’s about much more than when every day becomes Thanksgiving Day…

Living Madly: Lost Time By Emilie-Noelle Provost Ever since I was old enough to understand how timekeeping works, I’ve hated Daylight Savings Time. Every year when we’re forced to “spring ahead” and move the clocks forward by an hour, I feel like I’ve been robbed. Having to get up an…

“Known in the whole world” – (PIP #24) By Louise Peloquin On March 20th, the International Day of Francophonie, it is fitting to remember that, for decades, French echoed in the streets of Little Canada. L’Etoile’s main objective was offering its readership a wide variety of articles in French. Since…