Celebrating the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul In one of the Basilica’s niches, high above Bartlett Street, is the statue of a female saint wearing a crown of flowers and holding a cross. She is visible to the eye but better seen close up by drone. Is it St. Rose of Lima or St. […]

One of the best musical commentaries about gardening came from the perpetually off-Broadway musical “The Fantasticks.” Two gardening neighbors sing a duet about the reliability of vegetable growing as opposed to fatherhood. “Plant a radish, get a radish, never any doubt,” they carol. “Plant a turnip, get a turnip; maybe you’ll get two.” Now, you […]

It’s early July and much of the garden is already beginning to produce fresh produce for our table. Straight-from-the-garden lettuce is a perfect delight — it just doesn’t get any fresher. Add a few bright red radishes and the tops of some of the onions, and we have an almost perfect salad. Missing, of course, […]

As another renown Moxie Festival approaches, ‘Mayor of Moxietown’ Frank Anicetti will be remembered fondly LISBON — Summer’s arrival is sweet, especially when considering the season’s perceived shortness for anyone living in the far northern reaches of New England. For Moxie fans, summer can only mean one thing — yet another Moxie Festival is waiting […]