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I’ll admit. I’m not really a big animal lover. I’m OK with dogs, but that is about it. Last night as I was flicking through the channels I came across the Westminster Dog Show at Madison Square Garden. I couldn’t stop watching it. Its a fast paced show filled with…
Read More »It’s been ten years since writer Neil Miller in the Boston Globe Magazine shone a spotlight on the Merrimack Valley literary renaissance that was getting noticed at home and far away. The region of Bradstreet, Thoreau, Whittier, Frost, Kerouac, and others has emerged in our time as a literary hotspot. Read the…
Read More »Judging from the reaction of the crowd at this year’s CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) Donald Trump has a long, long road to the White House.
Read More »I like the awards shows on TV this time of year. They summarize. It’s a great opportunity to catch up to the culture that never stops changing, adding to itself, morphing, circling back and repeating, sprouting new shoots, blending forms and forging new arrangements, all that and more. The Grammy Awards…
Read More »President Obama recently appeared on FOX’s Bill O’Reilly Show…of course, Saturday Night Live didn’t waste time giving us a look.
Read More »MassMoments tells us this morning that in 1849 – the first American-made Valentine cards were created and sold in Worcester, Massachusetts by Mt. Holyoke graduate Esther Howland. Modeled on the English-style Valentine, her fancy designs, embossed, cut and colored paper along with romantic sentiments and hidden messages soon grew into a…
Read More »Frequent contributor Jim Peters sent this post as a follow-up to his earlier essay on the “Native American History of Lowell.” As a child, television taught me that the Native American, the “Indian,” was savage and without Christian scruples. We have since learned that those with the Christian scruples were…
Read More »“Lowell Firefighting” on Facebook reminds us that it was this week one year ago that one of two massive winter fires occurred on Bridge Street in Lowell, and points us to some incredible photos that accompany this blog post by an eyewitness to the fire.
Read More »Friday afternoon I traveled to McKenna-Ouellette Funeral Home on Hildreth Street to attend the wakes of Rudolphe “Red” Ouellette and Alfred “Nick” Favreau, two life-long residents of Lowell who were friends throughout their 88 years of life, who died within hours of each other on the same day, and who…
Read More »Erin Smith of the SUN uncovered another piece of the Kerouac experience in Lowell with her story about faithful followers clearing the snow from his gravesite all winter. Read her article here, and get the SUN if you want more. web photo courtesy of juggle.com
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