Rest in peace Harold ....we honor your memory...Sgt. Donald J. Ferguson USMC On Memorial Day my mind wanders through the Cambridge Cemetery's 66-acre site on Coolidge Avenue. I don't know if most who pass this place realize that it is the resting place of Medal of Honor recipients Joseph F. Scott and Alphonso M. Lunt, prominent …
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Through The Looking Glass
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome Long ago, I read about a neurological syndrome called "Alice in Wonderland Syndrome (AIWS)" where a person experiences change in perception. It's the feeling that things are too big or too small in respect to reality. This past weekend I attended my 50th High School reunion and I believe I spent …
Back to being seniors again….
I suppose right now you are wondering if you are going to your 50th High School Reunion. Should you or shouldn't you is completely up to you of course. However, if you are on the fence, I would encourage you to go….or at least consider it. TALK TO EVERYONE AT YOUR HIGH SCHOOL REUNION Who cares …
Ever wonder about this triple decker?
It is hard to pass by this house on the corner of Putnam Ave and Magazine Street, Cambridge Ma., and not wonder about it as I did growing up. I wondered a lot about it...who built it, what was it like inside and who lived in it? It was across the street and down the …
The Best Seat In Town
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 …
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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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 …
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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