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I’ve been posting a haiku daily on Facebook as a poetry experiment. It’s always good to go where the readers are. The feedback has been good. This series of haiku is loosely arranged around my observations and experiences at the South Common, across the street from my home. Following are…
Read More »I couldn’t help but note the irony of the above photo from yesterday’s New York Times. It shows tents erected by shoppers outside a Best Buy store. They want first crack at the incredibly inexpensive but in short supply electronics goods that were to go on sale in the early…
Read More »November is one of my favorite months. It always begins with an election, either local or statewide, next comes Veterans Day (which I’ve always seen as a day of honoring those who have served in the military and not just some random day off from work). Mid-month brings my birthday…
Read More »At nytimes.com, economist Robert Reich looks to 2012 and beyond in a longer than usual essay.
Read More »The Daily Mail in the UK and many other media outlets worldwide are reporting on the publication of what is considered Jack Kerouac’s first novel, “The Sea Is My Brother,” written when he was about 20 years old. The book is being published first in the UK by Penguin, and Harper reportedly…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. There’s something mindless about preparing for Thanksgiving: getting out the good china and other holiday accoutrements, preparing the vegetables, concocting the cranberry sauce, cleaning and stuffing the turkey. It’s satisfying to know what the goal…
Read More »It was quiet on the Common at 7 a.m. when I made the circuit with our Boston Terrier, Ringo. How cold was it? Not very. Enough for a seasonal edge. The leaf-trees are empty. On the ground all the color has drained from the leaves, which from a distance resemble light…
Read More »“The First Thanksgiving” by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris Thanksgiving Day Quiz: On what ship did the Pilgrims sail to “America”? Where was the first Thanksgiving celebrated? What year? Name the truce signed by the Pilgrims following the landing. Name three foods served at the first Thanksgiving? What Indian tribe was…
Read More »On this day – November 23, 1984 – a mark was forever left on Boston College football history when scrappy quarterback Doug Flutie threw a last-second “Hail Mary” touchdown pass to Gerard Phelan in the end zone, giving Boston College a 47-45 win over the University of Miami. This pass…
Read More »Here is an oldie but goodie to help us start the Thanksgiving Holiday.
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