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I was out with our family’s Boston Terrier this morning, kicking through the leaves on the South Common, and thought of this poem. Here’s an exerpt from New Hampshire poet Donald Hall’s poem “Kicking the Leaves.” Click here to read the entire poem.—PM Kicking the Leaves (an excerpt) . .…
Read More »Warning: This is a little gross by absolutely hilarious… Damon Wayans and Jim Carrey wish you a Happy Thanksgiving.
Read More »Tony Sampas shows us two of the incredible stained glass windows in our city’s Pollard Memorial Library UPDATE: Tony sent along the following information about these two windows From the Pollard’ website: “Altogether a creditable building” boasted a local newspaper when Lowell’s Memorial Building opened in 1893… A disastrous fire…
Read More »Today is known as the busiest travel day of the year. I’m thankful that my journey, such as it is, will be by automobile and not by airplane. All the recent furor about enhanced pre-boarding searches at airports leaves me frustrated. Just eleven months ago, on Christmas Day 2009, 23-year…
Read More »While I am a supporter of the Governor and at the risk of being reminded that I’m also a Marty Meehan supporter – let me say that I’m not happy about the Governor waving-off Marty Meehan as a candidate for the University of Massachusetts Presidency because he served as an…
Read More »The bombshell revelation in the Sunday Globe that Middlesex County Sheriff Jim DiPaola would resign on January 6, 2011 after just winning reelection on November 2, 2010 has already prompted several posts (Here by Marie and here by me). With so many unanswered questions, much more will undoubtedly be written.…
Read More »In addition to the David Amram 80th birthday tribute on Dec. 9, UMass Lowell has several concerts in the next two weeks that are free and open to the public. The Durgin and Fisher venues are wheelchair accessible. “Classical String Music” with UMass Lowell students directed by Mark Berger. Dec. 1, 7.30…
Read More »Mass Moments reminds us that on this day in 1984, Boston College’s Doug Flutie threw his famous “Hail Mary” pass that defeated defending college football champions, the University of Miami. In spite of Flutie’s recent transformation into a Schilling-like Republican Party groupie, I must admit that this play is one…
Read More »You can walk by a particular place hundreds of times and be oblivious to its beauty until someone else points it out to you. Thankfully Tony Sampas has done that today with these photos of this incredible stained glass window in Lowell City Hall.
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Nearly a year ago, I used the word “circling the drain” in writing about Deval Patrick’s inauspicious prospects for reelection. I’m not the only one whose premature assessments proved wrong. Patrick turned around his campaign. And, in the…
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