![]() Most people vote on economic and related issues. I think that the Democrats are making a big mistake in many congressional races by obsessing on GOPQ threats to abortion rights. With all the other key spots in state government almost certain to be taken by Democrats in next month’s election, there’s a strong argument for a Republican to hold the important oversight job of auditor in the Bay State. He’s running for Massachusetts state auditor and has a stellar record of public service and integrity. That reminds me of another Amore – Anthony Amore – one of the dwindling number of responsible, non-fascist Republicans who are concentrated in the Northeast. I’m not sure if Dunkin’ Donuts customers are bigger slobs than the rest of us, but their coffee cups, lids, bags and so on are all over the place. Of course, one reason to oppose them is that they tend to drive some locally based businesses out of business.Īnother is that they are serious outdoor-trash spawners. I’m sympathetic to those residents who want to keep them out. There’s usually a debate in this or that community around here about whether to let such chain fast-food establishments as Dunkin’ Donuts open stores there. So after the hysterical warnings, how has the trial of a bike path on Providence’s Hope Street gone? Kill the idea? Make adjustments?įor an update on the bike share movement, including its very helpful role during the MBTA’s Orange Line shutdown, hit this link: Hope Street Bike Path PHOTO: Anthony Sionni My oral surgeon has brilliantly placed a heavily patronized bird feeder just outside the window of his operating room at eye level of a patient in the chair. Try walking a few miles along heavily used roads leading in and out of cities rather than whizzing by in a car, bus or train and you’ll be surprised at the resilience of Mother Nature, which almost always seeks reclamation.Īh, automation! Look at the lawn sprinklers coming on after a night of torrential rain. – crows pecking at roadkill, other avians perched on utility lines. Beautiful wildflowers along trash-strewn highway shoulders, opportunistic wildlife lurking in underpasses – raccoons, squirrels, coyotes, etc. Commuters, for example, quickly stop looking at the strange mixture of human-built and natural environments along their daily routes in cities and suburbs. We should pay more attention to seemingly banal scenes that only seem that way because of familiarity and inattention. I looked down toward the harbor with its white caps on that raw, blustery day and could almost imagine myself there in 1840. That was the city’s downtown during the lucrative and brutal years of the 19th Century when the city was the whaling capital of the world and one of its richest places. ![]() David McCullough (1933-2022), American popular historianīefore meeting someone for lunch last Monday in New Bedford, I walked around marveling at the old brick buildings interspersed with monumental neo-classical structures in the historic district, with its cobblestone streets, west of the waterfront. “Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.’’ “Love is an agreement on the part of two people to overestimate each other.’’ From “Elevator Music’’, by Henry Taylor (born 1942), American poet ![]() ![]() “A tune with no more substance than the air, Lucan poet who spent a lot of time in Boston. From “Love After Love,’’ by Derek Wolcott (1930-2017), Nobel Prize-winning St. GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE - SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST
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