Posts Tagged ‘blackstone’
Every time I tie my shoes…
Here’s a little secret about me that I’ve never shared with anyone before: Every time I tie my shoes, I think of Mrs. Carroll, the teaching assistant who sat at a table in the hallway between Mrs. Dubois and Mrs. Roberge’s kindergarten classroom at John F. Kennedy Elementary School in Blackstone, MA. Mrs. Carroll taught…
Read MoreMy daughter received her first library card. Her father might be more excited about it than she is, and for good reason.
My daughter received her first library card last weekend. She was thrilled. I think my wife and I were even more excited than she was. She also checked out her first book with it: If You Give a Moose a Muffin. I didn’t receive my first library card until I was ten years-old.…
Read MoreMy hometown on Blackstone, Massachusetts needs to learn the value of doing nothing
I grew up in Blackstone, Massachusetts, a small town on the border of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. I love Blackstone. It was a wonderful place to grow up. I’ve actually set one of my future novels in Blackstone, partly because it’s easier for me to write about a place I already know but also because…
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