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‘Take-Out’ by Richard Marion
Is New Year’s Eve the biggest Chinese-take-out night of the year in Lowell? What is your favorite Chinese take-out place? “Take-Out” by Richard Marion (c) 2012 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »Top Ten Lowell events of 2009
I couldn’t find my Lowell list from 2008 so we’ll just skip from yesterday’s 2007 Top Ten to the following inventory from 2009: (Originally posted on December 29, 2009) It was a busy year in Lowell politics, so I won’t limit myself to just ten items. Here is my list…
Read More »Happy Birthday to Richard P. Howe Sr.
Congratulations to my dad, Richard P. Howe Sr., who celebrates his 80th birthday today. Elected to the Lowell City Council in 1965 (photo above), he served twenty consecutive terms for a total of 40 years (January 1966 to January 2006). He did not seek re-election in 2005 so his final…
Read More »Top Ten Lowell events of 2007
We launched this website in March of 2007 and at the end of each year since then, I have posted my Top Ten Lowell Events of the year. On each of the remaining days of 2012, I’ll post one of these lists from year’s past beginning today with 2007: Top…
Read More »NRA achieves its purpose by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The NRA’s Friday press conference revealed the powerful organization to be utterly tone deaf when it comes to how to reduce violence and protect children. Do we need any more evidence of that than NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre’s…
Read More »Favorite Movies Seen in 2012
1. Lincoln 2. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen 3. Skyfall 4. Argo 5. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 6. Men in Black 3
Read More »Chistmas Was Once Banned in Massachusetts
A repost from last Christmas – let’s think about how things once were and how much they change and may change again – and never underestimate the power of words and images. MassMoments reminds us today that the Puritans of Massachusetts led by minister Increase Mather thought the celebration…
Read More »It’s A Wonderful Life
The movie “It’s a Wonderful Life” has become so ingrained on our holiday culture that it is difficult to believe this delightful movie saw little success at the box office when it was first released in 1946. In fact in its initial release the film didn’t come even close to…
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‘Not Long Ago Joy Abounded at Christmas’ by Jack Kerouac
A Christmas Eve memory in this excerpt from the 1957 essay “Not Long Ago Joy Abounded at Christmas” by Jack Kerouac: “. . . Christmas was observed all-out in my Catholic French-Canadian environment in the 1930s much as it is today in Mexico. . . .When we were old enough it was…
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