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October 13, 2012
As I watched Thursday’s installment of Channel 5’s Chronicle on the city of Lynn, I couldn’t help but think about the rat my dog just killed. Sheena the greyhound, 11 years old, you still got it in you. You saw it, you chased it, you clamped your formidable canines on it, shook it and dropped […]
September 25, 2012
Only in Lynn! Taking Sheena for a walk on Monday morning, we passed by Durkee Mower Co., where they make Marshmellow Fluff. The big tanker truck you see in the photos below was idling while offloading syrup straight into the basement of the confection factory. The smell of fluff was in the air. Mmm. High […]
October 15, 2011
[Ed. note: This is another in a series of guest posts by the author’s greyhound, Sheena.] I was out walking Tom this wonderfully smell-filled morning (the wind carrying scents from Dog knows where) when my eyes spied a sign on a distant corner. Tag sale to raise money for Vest-a-Dog at 410 Eastern Ave. We […]
September 28, 2011
So beautiful a morning it was, I just had to venture out and enjoy it. Compelled is too weak a word; something deep inside my being urged me to take advantage of this precious summer-like day. The forecast called for misty rain, but I could not see a cloud in the sky. These days will […]
October 8, 2010
Being a 9 year old brindle female greyhound from Wonderland Racetrack back in its waning days, I am sad to think that certain of my brothers and sisters will have to wear muzzles. Indeed, muzzles were used at the racetrack to keep us from biting one another in the close quarters there, so […]
September 10, 2010
It is a beautiful, sunny, early fall morning, one of my favorite times of year. As I walk down Essex St. with Sheena, I pass the mosque. I can see the adults inside, kneeling in prayer, facing toward Eastern Ave., their shoes arranged neatly on shelves in the foyer. The main hall is packed. Children […]
The Lynn-side Edition 
October 21, 2012
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