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Have Fun But Please Be Courteous
I feel it’s time for my annual reminder about fireworks. About three or four years ago I found this picture. I never really thought about it but I can certainly understand it now. Anyone who has been in a war zone that was under attack and wondered if the next boom would be the last…
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Throwback Thursday: Joanie and Pete
I was cleaning out some drawers the other day when I came across this picture. Joanie and Pete on WMYS. Good times. Good times. I was driving in the car the other day with Cat Country on the radio when I heard a liner that said, “30 Years of bringing you the best in country.”…
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A Flood of Memories and Another Step Forward
We had another beautiful Christmas Eve service last night at the First Congregational Church in Fairhaven. Photo courtesy of Jim Mahaney My friend, Rev. Bette McClure, had asked me earlier if I would do a reading. She gave me a reading from John 1:1-5: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with…
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Classroom Chronicle: This Is School?
A new episode of Classroom Chronicle has been produced at New Bedford Cable Network. My thanks to Dan Cabral for the camera work and fantastic editting. You can view the 30-minute show here. I had the pleasure of visiting Greater New Bedford Voke Tech and Chef Henry Bousquet. The Culinary Arts program is a…
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Pete’s Podcast #26
The Podcast is back after a little time off. This week we see how I did with my Red Sox prediction; Are the TBS announcers really biased; A new feature Motivation Monday; Racism in America and What’s the future of high school football? Music used is from http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/Music_For_Podcasts
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We Were So Young and Yes, I Had Hair
Back at it after a day off yesterday. Priscilla and I celebrated our 37th anniversary. She posted our wedding picture on Facebook. Yes, I had hair. I especially liked Norm’s post. Norm and I coached Little League together and he said, ” I had no idea you married Gabe Kaplan’s younger brother!” Priscilla was 18…
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I’ll Keep On Writing If You’ll Keep On Reading
Deal? I got a lot of response to my Facebook page today when I made this announcement: “Sad to say I was let go by the Standard Times this week. I was told it was strictly a budget issue and that they were happy with my work. I want to thank Jack Spillane, Jonathan Comey,…
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A Celebration of Life
Priscilla and I had a very nice weekend as we travelled north. We went to a “Celebration of Life” for my brother Jeff who passed away in January. We left Saturday morning and drove to Danville, VT near St. Johnsbury. The GPS said 4-and-a-half hours but that didn’t take into account that it was race…