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Ducks on a roof
A couple of ducks found a comfortable perch atop a Varnum Road house where they listened to the free concert from Pawtucket Boulevard; a fitting conclusion to Memorial Day 2014.
Read More »Books as Autobiography
My family shares an 1860s house with my wife’s parents. We’ve been spring-cleaning this weekend, and one of the tasks was to straighten out the old bookcases that are scattered around their side and our side of the big house. In one small wooden bookcase on their side, one partial…
Read More »Red Sox: last to first to worst by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. A ten-game losing streak. The worst in decades. A string of injuries as long as your sore arm. Still, it’s too soon to panic. At least, that’s what I keep telling myself. We’re still weeks away from my…
Read More »Memorial Day in Lowell
Memorial Day is an official Federal Holiday that is observed on the final Monday of May each year. The purpose of Memorial Day is to remember and to honor those who have died while serving in the armed forces of the United States. The holiday originated in the years following…
Read More »Lowell Week in Review: May 25, 2014
Excuse my delay in posting but this morning I was at the Greater Lowell Veterans Council Memorial Day service – look for a blog post about it later today. Here are my observations of this week in Lowell politics: Customer Service Tuesday’s council meeting was pretty sedate until the final…
Read More »TEDx Lowell video
Here’s the talk I gave at TEDx Lowell a couple of weeks ago: [youtube]1UWwv3mTSTU[/youtube]
Read More »‘Memorial Day Bridges’
I’ve posted this prose poem from 1978 on the blog before. It was written soon after the experience that provided the brief story thread. In those days, I was constantly on the lookout for images and incidents that could feed a new composition. I wanted to write, write, write. It’s a slight piece, but…
Read More »Lowell Real Estate Sales: Week of May 19, 2016
May 19, 2014 – Monday 36 Fulton St for $160,000. Prior sale in 2013 for $77,000 May 20, 2014 – Tuesday 137 Pine St Unit 11 for $90,000. Prior sale in 1981 51 Boynton St for $185,000. Prior sale in 1999 for $105,000 39 Harvard St for $289,900. Prior sale…
Read More »Smokestacks & Spires
Photo by Tony Sampas
Read More »Healey a worthy addition to Dems’ AG race by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Former state rep and state senator Warren Tolman, whose bid for state attorney general has the backing of four former AG’s, has always said he was taking candidate Maura Healey seriously, and well he should. While Tolman, who previously ran…
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