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Registry of Deeds closed all day on Friday
Just got word that the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds in Lowell will be closed ALL DAY on Friday due to winter storm.
Read More »WLLH…Music, Memories and More
As the former Producer of WLLH’s “Morning Magazine” show hosted by the late Paul Sullivan, this video brought back some pleasant memories. The “Music, Memories and More” format on WLLH was very popular and a great success. This video was originally posted on YouTube by stevations
Read More »“Snowbound” ~ John Greenleaf Whittier
In keeping with Paul’s nod to Robert Frost, let’s remember another Merrimack Valley poet even more associated with the beauty, wiles and challenges of a snow storm. John Greenleaf Whittier – a rural Haverhill-born poet – offers the narrated tale of a snowstorm in early 1800’s New England. Let we forget – Whittier has the…
Read More »‘Dust of Snow’ by Robert Frost
Dust of Snow The way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree . Has given my heart A change of mood And saved some part Of a day I had rued. —Robert Frost (1874-1963) . “Frost’s own poetical education began in San Francisco…
Read More »Snow begins
I didn’t expect the snow to begin until later this morning but at least an inch had fallen by 5 am. I’ll either update this post or add others as the storm progresses. Please send you pictures and observations to me at DickHoweJr@gmail.com or leave them here as comments.
Read More »“No school, all schools in Lowell”
Many decades ago there was a local radio announcer whose name I now forget who boom out across the airwaves “No school, all schools in Lowell” on days when the weather cancelled school for the day. (Maybe someone can help me with that name). Modern technology has given us Jay…
Read More »Catching up on movies by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. For much of the year, my husband and I debate whether a movie is worth seeing on a big screen or relegated to Netflix. But our winter holiday tradition is to binge on in-theater movies during the last 10…
Read More »Valentine’s Day not far behind
It’s New Year’s Day and the stores are already displaying candy for Valentine’s Day
Read More »Chinese Pie
Chinese Pie (Web photo courtesy of citronlimette.com)
Read More »Chinese Pie Is Not Chinese Food, But New Year’s Day Is Special for French Canadian-Americans
Chinese Pie or Pâté chinois is a French-Canadian version of shepherd’s pie that at one time was so popular that it would appear on school lunch menus in French Catholic parishes and even some public schools in Greater Lowell. The origin is not certain and may be related to Canadian…
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