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In the early 1960s, I was following my father’s lead and collecting stamps. I wasn’t obsessive about it, but I enjoyed the hobby for a while, particularly as the stamps were small windows onto history and geography. During the centennial of the Civil War (1961-65), the US Postal Service issued…
Read More »The NYTimes online has an ongoing series about the Civil War, started in anticipation of the 2011 anniversary year when we will see lots of attention being paid to the beginning of the Civil War. This blog has already moved in that direction. Today’s entry at the NYT site is…
Read More »Nancye Tuttle traveled to the Merrimack Repertory Theatre the other day to see and enjoy Beasley’s Christmas Party which is showing at the MRT only through this Sunday. Nancye liked the play very much, writing on her website that “Beasley’s Christmas Party is sweet, sentimental and a perfect alternative to…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Boston Mayor Thomas Menino this morning delivered one of the best speeches of his political career, and it brought the crowd of several hundred at the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce breakfast to their feet in an enthusiastic…
Read More »This video was originally posted by Kenkinna. It is extremely well made, integrating candid clips of the actors with great music and real footage of Micky ward in the ring. This is excellent. Here is the video description by the poster… B-Roll Films, Boston: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale and David…
Read More »Steve O’Connor contemplates the furry gray creatures who provide us with constant companionship – at a safe distance. Anyone who has ever lived in Lowell must at some point have stopped to observe and to consider that wily and well-adapted creature which could well be the city’s mascot: the gray…
Read More »Tony Sampas captures Kearney Square by night
Read More »To call The Climate War “a riveting tale,” as the cover quotes Bill Clinton as saying, would be an understatement. There have been many books written about current events in the past few years that deserve a large amount of praise, but Eric Pooley’s is the first to talk about…
Read More »I found myself in front of the TV at 6:30 pm and decided to watch the city council meeting. Here’s what I witnessed: Councilor Caulfield moved to suspend the rules to discuss the city’s response to Sunday’s ice storm. It was a civil discussion with a lot of detail about…
Read More »Tony Sampas photographs the Immaculate Conception Church in Lowell by night
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