A Day in the Life

The footbridge over Belmont Street leads students to the Belmont Street Community School.

The sign says that Chicago-style deep dish pizza comes to Worcester, but unfortunately it lost a little something on the way through Indiana and Ohio. Still, Blue Jeans Pizza is the closest match there is, even beating out the Uno Chicago Grill chain restaurants (which are the illegimate children of the true Pizzeria Uno and [...]

I’m now nearly four months into the Day in the Life project, so in lieu of a photo today I want to provide my thoughts on the project thus far and get some feedback from whomever may be out there checking back on a regular basis, either by manually checking or by subscribing to [...]

The Evangelical Covenant Church of Indian Orchard plays an important role in Indian Orchard, a section of Springfield. The main sanctuary was built around 1850.

Students from Burncoat High School gather at the Stand for Children rally at the statehouse, lobbying Massachusetts politicians to return funding for education back to the same levels (adjusted for inflation) as 2002, after funding has been cut for five years in a row.

Another tree branch, and this may very well be a crabapple. Or maybe not. Any botanists?

I seem to have started upon a theme for a few days, so here’s what I think is a flowering pear tree, though the flowers of many apple, prune, and pear trees look very similar. Is there an arborist in the audience?
The forsythia used in the background here is not the same as the one [...]

The forsythia seem more yellow than I remember them this year.

One of my favorite signs of spring is the ethereal beauty of a budding willow. Even though New England autumns get most of the attention, the subtle beauty of spring can not be missed by those with eyes to see.

The silhouette of Pampas Grass was taken on my way past Quabbin Reservoir on Route 9 at 8:15 PM. I was driving with the windows down an inch or two, and the sound of the Spring Peepers is what originally made me stop. The body of water is not part of the Quabbin, but a [...]