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Lockdown
How scared should I be? My plan for today was to wear all Boston gear, for a Boston pride day. Red Sox shirt, Patriot’s sweatshirt, Red Sox jacket (probably not needed – it’s a nice day!). While I was...
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Running towards danger
During Monday’s Marathon bombings, my friend Caitlin Rivet was working as a volunteer EMT at the Boston Marathon. I’ve known Caitlin since she was about 12. I taught her and her churchmates in Sunday...
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Sons and Fathers
I don’t write a ton about my husband, Adam. There are many reasons for this: he says fewer cute things than my kids, he rarely brings home cool artwork from work, etc. But the primary reasons I rarely...
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New England Summer weekends
My view as I write My husband was raised in Saudi Arabia, and I am a product of the great Northwest. We met in college in Connecticut. But by the time we settled into the Philadelphia duplex on a busy...
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Stoneham – Tri Community Greenway
For those of you who do not leave in Eastern Massachusetts, you now have my permission to skip this post. Those of you who live in the greater Boston area – not so fast. This amazing tunnel runs under...
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Saturday morning vignette
My bed-headed beloved boy My boys brought me breakfast, and my laptop, in bed this morning. About the time I’d caught up on all the latest hijinks of my Facebook friends, my beloved eldest son came in...
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Sad to say, but I’m on my way
A fortnight ago I picked my careful way through icing puddles to the nail salon. I drove, even though it is two blocks away and I had time, because the sidewalks are nigh impassible. I asked for a...
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Deadliest Catch: Five secrets to winning over a tough team
Matt Bradley: problem solver The Northwestern has had its share of trouble in Season 10. It almost caught on fire, the steering broke & then half the fresh water was lost due to a leak. The men...
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Because futbol
Three of the Team Greece players There have been many discussions during this World Cup round whether this is finally the moment where the United States joins the rest of the world in not just...
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Five key tips to travel like a pro
The other day I went on a business trip with a young lady who didn’t – as part of her job – go on business trips all the time. She was super excited about the whole thing. The novelty of flying, the...
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Two decades of building a bikeway
Over 30 years of leadership is represented with these two gentlemen Back in 1988, a few folks had an idea about turning an old rail line in Stoneham into a trail. It was a cutting edge idea, at the...
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Tales from the heart of a blizzard
These are semi-regular updates from our snow day. Since I’m going to be getting cabin fever, the least you can do is read about it! 9 am – woke up to a windy, white world. It’s hard to tell with the...
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Brenda’s Stoneham Selectman Voter’s Guide April 7, 2015
On Tuesday, April 7th 2015, Stoneham Voters will head to the ballots to select our town’s leaders. If my engagement with the Bikeway has shown anything, it’s shown how critical great town leadership is...
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Come writers and critics who prophesize with your pen
Come writers and critics Who prophesize with your pen And keep your eyes wide The chance won’t come again And don’t speak too soon For the wheel’s still in spin And there’s no tellin’ who that it’s...
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Christmas in a troubled time
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. John 1:5 We have seen a great light Growing up in the 90s set my expectations unrealistically with regard to how much tumult and...
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Winter Sports
This is why we don’t wait for good weather to get outside Last year, for a period of about two months, we could not take a walk. Every week we got pounded by another storm. Every week we’d laboriously...
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Notes from Madrid
I’m finally coming to the close of my period of schedule insanity. I’m not entirely done – the next two weeks remain unusually busy – but at least today marks my last planned travel for… well, ok I...
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6 reasons I like Sportsball
Among the people I spend time with, referring to a game is as likely to be about 7 Wonders or Fate as it is to be about baseball, or basketball. In fact, depending on the precise people, it’s...
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A dry, hot summer
Mt. Rainier reflection panoramic. True color – no filter. I’m originally from the Pacific Northwest. I was just home, and reveled in the depths of the blues and greens and whites of my mountain home....
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Shall We Gather at the River?
Raise your hand if you’ve read this Facebook status update some time in the last few weeks: Hey folks, for my own personal mental health I’m logging off Facebook for a while. I love you all – be kind...
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