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This bird or a close cousin and others like it contribute to the morning music in and around the South Common. With its many trees and bushes, the Common is an aviary of sorts, especially at this time of year. I don’t know the bird types well enough to list…
Read More »The weather is unquestionably the top story this week…and UMass Lowell’s Weather Center provides the best Lowell weather forecast around. The University’s Department of Environmental Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences maintains the website. It is one thing to listen or watch Boston forecasters but it is a completely different experience to…
Read More »Timothy Egan is based in the western U.S. and writes for the NYTimes. His recent column offers a prespective on the current national situation (military and economic). He says President Obama is facing “a Lincoln moment” and has to come up with a response that can pull the nation together…
Read More »The United States of America today filed suit against the state of Arizona and its governor, Janice Brewer, in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. The Complaint can be read here and it makes a persuasive case that the Arizona law is unconstitutional on a number…
Read More »From the city of Lowell’s website (see diagram at link): MARKET/CENTRAL/PRESCOTT IMPROVEMENTS The Contractor will need to implement Stage 1 and Stage 2 Detours at Central/Market/Prescott Intersection beginning on Wednesday July 7th at 7:00AM through Thursday July 8th at 9:00AM. This detour is necessary to finish paving the roadway surface…
Read More »Today I stumbled across this video about climate change and national security. From what I can tell, it’s part of a series of videos meant to debunk the claims of climate change deniers. This is a compilation of interviews with retired and active generals, admirals, and other national security figures.…
Read More »Walking the dog on the South Common around suppertime for the past few days has been like traversing a stretch of desert. The cut grass on the south slope above the playing field crunches underfoot because it’s so brittle. Someone once described the hillsides in California as being the color of mountain lion…
Read More »According to the Associated Press (AP), the Governor wants-in – he’d like to play a role with the six appointed House and Senate conferees charged with hammering out the final version of the casino gambling bill. Both chambers of the Legislature must approve the bill as it comes out of the conference…
Read More »Yesterday, Gallop published a compilation of data from several recent USA Today/Gallop polls concerning the Tea Party movement, which can be found here. It’s a rather fascinating look at what the different sections of our political spectrum consider to be “extremely serious threats” to the future of the United States.…
Read More »My constant companions on early morning runs around the neighborhood are dozens of gray squirrels who are furiously digging in every front yard on my route. They mostly ignore me although yesterday I interrupted two in the midst of a date and they scurried off. I don’t do bird feeders,…
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