Photo by Allan Mas from Pexels Back In The Day... There are many advantages to growing up in the city, but one of my favorite is often overlooked and undervalued... that was the pleasure of sitting on the front porch or in some houses the stoop. During a time when creature comforts like television, air conditioners and internet …
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Whirlybirds
Five year olds are really very funny. Grandpa jokes, bathroom humor, funny songs and stories make them laugh. I often wonder what they’ll be like when they grow up. Will they still want to be as silly or will growing up mean laughing less? I'm guessing it has a lot to do with what we …
Cambridge Massachusetts : A Ticket To The Greatest Show on Earth.
In life we tend to focus on the exceptional events that happen. In fact the news is so much about the exceptional, we tend to miss the ordinary all together. Growing up in Cambridge Massachusetts I had a ticket to "the best show on earth". I spent much of my teenage days roaming and nesting …
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Ever miss sitting together on the sofa watching your favorite shows?
If you miss the good old days when families sat together to laugh, cry, comment or to joke about their favorite TV shows you have to check out Gogglebox on Facebook watch. Gogglebox is a series where regular people are filmed in their own homes while watching the highest-rated shows on British television. Each week, …
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No Lady Leprechauns?….Maybe that’s a good thing?
Photo by Steven Hylands from Pexels It's true there are no lady leprechauns.... The History of Irish Fairies,' book states that there is no record in Irish folklore of leprechauns having a female counterpart in their ranks or even a solid record of how they procreate or reproduce. I'm thinking that there might have been a good reason to support …
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The Irish Racing Form
I woke up one morning to find my mother at the kitchen table, sipping coffee and browsing through our local newspaper the Cambridge Chronicle. What cha reading Ma? I asked... I'm checking out the Irish Racing Form" she replied. Are you betting the dogs? I never knew you to bet on the dogs... I'm reading …
The Wild Beast Within
"Every Man Has A Wild Beast Within Him" Frederick the Great This week I have become a predator. I'm loosing sleep as my mind is in a constant search for signs of my prey morning, noon and night. We predators are wild animals that hunt, or prey on, other animals. We need food to live …
I’m Rubber Your Glue
Ever say the words...."I'm rubber, you're glue. Everything bounces off me and sticks to you" ....Or what about "Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me"? The clever replies to an insults or criticisms we used as kids are referred to as a riposte. We used them most often when …
The Laundress
I never knew her name. I only knew her as the laundress lady. She took in laundry from those who were willing to pay to have someone else do their laundry versus doing it themselves. How is doing someone else's laundry even a job? I often wondered to myself. I also wondered a lot about …
The Coffee Angel
Photo Credit: Austin Wade I love coffee... have ever since I first started drinking it before school in the morning with a honey dipped or chocolate frosted donut from Freddy's Cafe on Magazine Street in Cambridge. It's more than the taste of good coffee that I love. I love the aroma, the warmth of the …
Mistakes And Regret
Ever make a mistake that came back to haunt you just about every day of your entire life? I did, and I made it in high school. This mistake has stuck with like a wool sweater on a 90 degree day. When I tell you what I did, it may not seem like such a …
Positive Energy Shifting
I imagine we all felt a drain of positive energy over 2020 which was unavoidable considering the circumstances. I heard a quote today though, that has me wondering if the amount negative energy I experienced was as truly as unavoidable as I'd thought. The quote by Albert Einstein left me wondering if it was more …
Simplifying Positive Thinking
Positive Thinking... When you wake up each morning which side of the daily menu do you choose? The good side or the bad side? How about Today's Special... It's Our Karma Plate ..you get a big serving of what you deserve! My new favorite research focus is to study the concept of Positive Thinking. I …
The Scent Of A Man
I bet most people have heard of the movie Scent of A Woman staring Al Pacino... but have you heard that there is also a Scent of a Man? It's true (although it's not a movie) men produce human sex pheromones in their armpit sweat and hair which is called androstadienone (AN-dro-STAY-dee-eh-noan). Scientists have shown …
Miss Jean’s Magic Mirror
Miss Jean of Boston's Romper Room Sometimes the craziest things transport us backward like a time machine. While holding a skillet to make an egg omelet this morning, I held it up to my face and said... "Romper bomper stomper boo, tell me, tell me, tell me do, magic mirror tell me today, did all …
Dear my personal Dear Abby,
In the morning I like to review the Dear Abby section of my local newspaper. I prefer Dear Abby to the endless home town articles complaining about dog poop, mask wearing, politics and the environment. I suppose it's because Dear Abby offers solutions to the day to day issues that plague our complicated lives. For …
My Christmas List…
Every year, I get asked repeatedly for my Christmas list. My response has been the same every year... "I truly don't want or need anything" or "I have everything I need already". I've been wondering though how I've come to feel this way.. am I just too lazy to put the time and effort into …
Apple core..Baltimore, who’s your friend?
I finished an apple this morning and while holding the apple core in my hands, I channeled a childhood voice in my head and shouted. Apple Core... Baltimore.... Who's your friend? and then I blurted out my daughters name...Izzy! As I raised the apple core to throw it at my daughter she looked at me …
Going to the head of the line
Yesterday, my wife Abby asked me to go with her to the local farm store to pick up our Thanksgiving day turkey. I figured she needed help lugging the 20 pounder around the store while shopping for fresh veggies and pastry's. The doors open at 9:00 AM and she wanted us to be there 1/2 …
When people from Cambridge give directions…
I consider people from Cambridge to be a very approachable group as people go. We look eager to talk to anybody and some might dispute it but, we strangely look like we might know an answer to just about any questionBut wait ... anyone from Cambridge knows that "out of towners" asking any of us …
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A Personality Test
Growing up...A trip to Fanny Farmer in Central Square for me was better than a trip to the toy section of Sears and Roebucks in the late 60's. The toughest part for me however was pushing past the Transcendental Meditation (TM) recruitment zombies that stood on the corner in front of Cochrans. "Want to take …
Through His Eyes…
Lately, I have stopped watching the news and reading the newspaper because I find it too painful. I realize however, that in doing so I have in essence locked myself into a one sided opinion unable to see or hear opposing options. I know better... I learned this lesson during a class I took while …
Pitching Coins
Sunday Morning:I learned to pitch coins in the mid 60's against the brick walls of my neighborhood church between Sunday morning masses. It helped to kill the down time between the morning and afternoon masses as a paperboy selling the Sunday newspapers to the faithful. To play the game each player would take a coin …
Poor Fashionistas
Who knew that the old worn out, duct taped Chuck Taylor's and Jack Purcell's we wore on the basketball courts of Cambridge would one day become high fashion footwear.... A company called Golden Goose is selling a posh version of our duct taped Converse Jack & Chuck's street shoes for over $500.00... (see add below). …
Endure ..It’s what we do
I saw this sign hanging outside a church in downtown Portsmouth NH. The message was a simple request Hang On America and a reminder ..We can Endure. I haven't been able to shake thinking about the message. This year has presented struggles i.e pandemic, isolation, politics, race, sex and financial issues. But are these new …
The Bow Legged Blogger 