Whitman and Lincoln

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…

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“Thoughts on Squirrels” by Steve O’Connor

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…

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