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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. “You see the mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why would you take the Fifth Amendment?” Stupid question if you understand the basic principles of the Constitution. But an ironic question if posed by America’s hypocrite-in-chief, Donald…
Read More »This is the second half of the script I used when giving my Founding of Lowell guided walk on Saturday, August 13, 2022. Part I of the script is available here. FOUNDING OF LOWELL WALK SCRIPT PART II STOP 7 – LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL ON KIRK STREET Lowell High School…
Read More »Yesterday morning I led a Lowell Walk from the National Park Visitor Center. The topic was The Founding of Lowell. We talked about what was here before Lowell received its town charter in 1826 and how that charter came about. I’ve typed my notes into a “script” and will share…
Read More »Man at Bar with Notebook By David Daniel She watched him walk in. Medium height, ruddy skin. Suit coat, tie loose. She angled herself slightly on the barstool. She knew before he did. He saw her. Tawny hair, like the pale wine in her glass. Nice curve of lower leg…
Read More »Alexander Fhionnuisce is a writer in the Republic of Ireland. He is a past contributor to this blog. On Invasions II – 01/08/2022 by Alexander Fhionnuisce I told myself to build the monument and let it shine like the sun, After I’d watched it settle, the cement, and all…
Read More »Boarding School Blues: Chapter 42 By Louse Peloquin Ch. 42 “If you really want to hear about it” After a fitful night haunted by visions of rectangular-shaped birds flapping their ivory wings and swooping into the hands of ponytailed teenagers in navy blue uniforms, squinty-eyed Blanche stoically executed her morning…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Tuesday’s primaries in Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Arizona, and Washington all sent important and conflicting messages. The high point was in Kansas. By an unexpectedly large 20-point margin, this thoroughly red state defeated a move to eliminate from the…
Read More »Next Saturday, August 13, 2022, at 10 am from Lowell National Park Visitor Center at 246 Market Street, I’ll lead a Lowell Walk on the founding of Lowell. Here’s a preview: Rivers have always been central to human activity and with the Merrimack and Concord Rivers meeting here, people have…
Read More »Review of “All About Me: My Remarkable Life in Show Business” Book by Mel Brooks Review by Richard Howe Midway through my freshman year in college, I was bumped up into the school’s honors program. It was a small group and most of our classes intensely focused on literature, philosophy,…
Read More »As a youth I grew up watching the Boston Celtics dominate the NBA. Eleven World Championships in thirteen years. I can’t remember for sure something like that, I think. But of all the NBA championships and winning seasons I followed, the Celtics’ 1968-69 season I remember the most.…
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