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While walking through the grounds of the Whistler House Museum of Art yesterday on our way to the “Bernie & Bill” exhibit, the person I was with exclaimed “what a beautiful butterfly bush!” I’d probably heard of such a shrub before but the name never made much of an impression…
Read More »No, I’m not writing about Bernie Lynch today. “Bernie & Bill” is the name of a new exhibit at Lowell’s Whistler House Museum of Art featuring the works of Lowell artists Bernard Petruzziello and Vassilios “Bill” Giavis. Both produce excellent work but I’ve long been a fan of Bill Giavis.…
Read More »Like Charles Dickens of ye olde England, Tom Sexton of old Lowell has a serial tale going here about his travels with his wife, Sharyn, and loyal pup in a valiant Passat making its way “from the west unto the east.”—PM “Little Passat on the Prairies” by Tom Sexton…
Read More »For the past couple of years, there has been a political critique in the air that was especially favored by national Republicans. The charge was (is) that the economy is lagging because of deep “uncertainty” in the “business community” about what to expect in the areas of taxation, regulation, monetary…
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Read More »Fall Cemetery Tours are very popular! It’s a beautiful time of the year to be outdoors. Our Lowell cemeteries offer a tranquil setting to learn about the history of the city, the role our ancestors played, the various ethnic and religious cultures, “meet” some of Lowell’s legendary luminaries and observe a…
Read More »Tom Sexton has been sending us dispatches from the road as he, his wife, Sharyn, and their trusty dog make their annual drive from Alaska to Maine. Below are some photos Tom sent from Mundare in Alberta, Canada. Here’s what Wikipedia has about the town: Mundare is a small town…
Read More »Following is the third bulletin from the road from Tom Sexton, our far-flung correspondent who is making his way eastward with his wife, Sharyn, and their trusty dog.—PM “Onward” by Tom Sexton The usual route from Dawson Creek, B.C., east is through Grand Prairie, Alberta, to Edmonton, and then south…
Read More »Scenes from the 33rd Annual Banjo and Fiddle Contests, Boarding House Park, September 8, 2012, Lowell Massachusetts – photos by Tony Sampas.
Read More »On this day September 12, 1953, Congresssman John F. Kennedy married Jacqueline Lee Bouvier at a cemermony held in St. Mary’s Church in Newport, Rhode Island. From the Kenndey Library website: Jacqueline Lee Bouvier and John Fitzgerald Kennedy Wedding Jacqueline Lee Bouvier and John F. Kennedy were married on the morning of September 12,…
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