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I wrote this poem in the mid-’70s, when I was trying to find my way down the writing path. I published it in my first pamphlet (chapbook) of poems. It’s raining tonight, but we’ve had some fine summer days and sundowns this season. This is typical early-stage writing that comes…
Read More »The press coverage of President Obama’s family vacation on Martha’s Vineyard has been a mixed bag of facts, speculation, jibs and criticism. It’s no surprise that our old friend Glen Johnson offers one of the better takes in this piece for the Associated Press. Another former Lowell Sun writer Mark…
Read More »Fox 25 News has a popular segment on its morning edition called Zip Trips. Zip Trips sends Fox 25 on-air personalities to various small towns to interview locals. Most recently popular commentator, VB visited Tewksbury where he interviewed former Town Treasurer and Town Historian Warren Carey. In the video below…
Read More »In the aftermath of last week’s archaeological dig, St Patrick’s official historian, Dave McKean, has launched a new blog to collect digital information – text, photos, scanned documents, anything – about the parish and the Irish in Lowell. Hence the name – Lowell Irish. Here’s how Dave explains it in…
Read More »Pundits are speculating that President Obama really meant it when he said he’d rather be a good one-term president than a mediocre two-term president. How unusual for a politician to stay focused on “now.” The Telegraph online in the U.K. yesterday published an opinion piece by Toby Harnden in which he questions…
Read More »Shooting has begun for the long-awaited film version of Jack Kerouac’s classic novel “On the Road.” The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. (CBC) posted this report from a city in Quebec that is doubling for Denver. Actors Viggo Mortenson of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Amy Adams, Kristen Stewart, and Kirsten…
Read More »The following entry is being cross posted from local playwright, Jack Neary’s own blog, Shards. I stepped on my Kindle. This is one of the main things you should not do with your Kindle. Step on it. When you step on it, it stops being a Kindle. The only thing…
Read More »Our local blogging colleague “Kad Barma” at choosing a soundtrack has a big benefit event for the Merrimack Valley Food Bank coming up on Aug 29. Instead of a hyperlink, I copied his latest posting (excerpted here) to be sure readers didn’t miss the details. Get on the train, and be part…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Say the word “auditor,” and you probably think sweaty palms, sleepless nights and maybe a nervous tic. But the race for state auditor has nothing directly to do with your tax returns or individual finances. The words “state…
Read More »Another in my series of reports on past state elections. Previous election reports may be found by clicking on the “Elections” link in the upper right hand corner of this site. 1978 was not a good year for incumbents. US Senator Ed Brooke, a Republican and Governor Mike Dukakis, a…
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