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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.
Read More »Architectural details at the Pollard Memorial Library. Photos by Tony Sampas.
Read More »Today’s Sun features a front page, above the fold, article by Jennifer Myers about the COOL-est creative anthology in the city, “Young Angel Midnight,” edited by Ryan Gallagher and Derek Fenner of Bootstrap Productions of Lowell. Writers, musicians, photographers, painters, and more contributed work for the 200-plus page book. The book…
Read More »Photos by Tony Sampas
Read More »On Saturday I traveled to Boston College for a Mass Humanities program called “Cyberspace & Civic Space: The Influence of the Internet on Our Democracy.” Among the panelists Eli Pariser, the former executive director of MoveOn.org, and Charles Steelfisher who was Deval Patrick’s new media director in the 2006 campaign…
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