Brooks Payne
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"Mayor Wu Proposes Legislation to Protect Residential Property Owners from Increase in Taxes Caused by Declining Commercial Values."
What is the status of this? I am 78 years old and have lived in my South End home continuously since I bought it in 1991. My only income is Social
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Here's what those of us who were behind the barricades at Boston City Hall saw of Prince William and Princess Catherine this evening!
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Heaven's Gate, Glass Skywalk, and the world's longest Cable Car...thrills of a lifetime! Peak Experiences. 💯😀🙏
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@historydefined
Almost surreal, considering how it ended up in England. Relocated is 'nice' for 'stolen.'
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Our Boston Common and gold-domed State House on the summit of Beacon Hill! America's oldest park, founded in 1634! 👏🙏🇺🇸
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A Happy and Blessed Birthday to my older son, Martin, and may you enjoy many more in good health! Our Family, and especially sons and daughters, are our most cherished and treasured Blessings! ❤️🫶🤟🙏
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I cycled this morning for the 10:00 AM re-opening of the Melnea A. Cass Recreational Complex at 120 Martin Luther King Blvd., Roxbury, which previously served as an overflow emergency immigrant shelter site. The wonderfully celebratory event included music, food, Hoodsie cup ice
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Our Boston Common and gold-domed State House on the summit of Beacon Hill! America's oldest park, founded in 1634! 👏📷🙏 🇺🇸
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Isn't our world amazing, if we but open our eyes and our hearts?😀🐇🙏🫶💛💚
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Beauty envelops us, merely awaiting our appreciation!❤️🐦🌿🌎🌍🌏🫶🙏🙂
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I've practiced DIY (Do-It-Yourself) all my life, a fascinating and satisfying life skill I learned from my incredibly hardworking and resourceful parents. Thus, hardware and Home Depot have been my favorite stores, and here is HD co-founder Arthur M Blank's $180 million yacht at
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Thank you for adding this important historical context, not surprising Boticelli became depressed and withdrew from the world at the end of his life.
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"Over fifty years after the incident, a 12-year-old student in Pensacola, Florida, Hunter Scott, was instrumental in raising awareness of the miscarriage of justice carried out at the captain's [Charles McVay] court-martial. As part of a school project for the National History
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Happy Independence Day, everyone! USS Constitution salutes Fort Independence with a 21-gun salute which is then returned by the Fort. Happy 225th "Old Ironsides!"
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Yesterday I cycled the DCR's fantastic Dr Paul Dudley White Bike Path in Cambridge to Mount Auburn Cemetery from my home near Back Bay Station, a beautiful and relaxing journey! 🙂 I returned by way of Brattle and Mount Auburn Streets, and finally Mass Ave. I hardly encountered
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Wow, we've been having a long spell of hot humid weather here in Boston, but I push myself to get out, cycle, talk with people, and take photos! At 78 years old I am acutely aware that "Time's wingèd chariot is drawing near." This is Riverbend Park across our Charles River in
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The magnificent view from Calf Pasture on Columbia Point, Dorchester, across Old Harbor to South Boston. This historic peninsula is home to the University of Massachusetts, and the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. Between 1630 and 1869, the marshlands of the
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Carson Beach in South Boston has clean, clean water and 3 lifeguard towers! The bathhouse facilities are beautifully maintained and there is an onsite food concession.
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Wow, last night's violent storm has moved offshore but what an incredible show of lightning, torrential downpouring, floods, and tornados here in New England! I did a screen capture of our Blue Hills Observatory's NW webcam yesterday afternoon and saw this distinct column!
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E-boarding on our Charles River as viewed from the fantastic Massachusetts Department of Conservation & Recreation's Dr Paul Dudley White Bike Path, Cambridge! The Beacon Hill/Back Bay skyline is on the other side of the PDW Bike Path on the Boston shoreline.
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Last week I cycled the DCR's fantastic Dr Paul Dudley White Bike Path in Cambridge to Mount Auburn Cemetery from my home near Boston's Back Bay Station, a beautiful and relaxing 15-mile journey! The Bike Path is a wonderfully scenic 17-mile loop that follows along both the Boston
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I cycled to our treasured Boston Common and watched a late afternoon softball game on our Boston Common, inspiring! This is America's oldest park, founded in 1634! 👏😀👍🙏 🇺🇸
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Yesterday morning I cycled the 10-mile loop from my home to Franklin Park riding the glorious DCR SW Corridor Bike Park and returned by way of Walnut and Warren, narrow streets with no bike paths or painted lines. I took this photo of the Shattuck Picnic Grove where Juneteenth,
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Our awesome Carson Beach, Old Harbor / Dorchester Shores Reservations, Joe Moakley Park, and Columbia Point with JFK Library in the distance! I ❤️Boston! 🫶💚💛 🫶🙏🌿🌊
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Nothing holds more value than our Unity with our Creator, Respect for Sacred Mother Earth, and Connectedness with all living beings. 🌎🌍🌏☮️🕊️🙏
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"That sounds like a wonderful experience! The Dr. Paul Dudley White bike path is indeed a beautiful route, and it's impressive that you enjoyed it despite the challenging weather. It's inspiring to hear about your gratitude and vitality at 78 years old. Keep enjoying those
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Yesterday morning I cycled the 10-mile loop from my home to Franklin Park riding the glorious DCR SW Corridor Bike Park and returned by way of Walnut and Warren, narrow streets with no bike paths or painted lines. I took this photo of the tennis court section of Shattuck Picnic
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I'm 77 and lived through those tumultuous and deadly years, I say 'Amen' to putting Coretta Scott King up there in the pantheon of national heroes. 🙏❤️
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America the Beautiful and Boston are so graced by God with verdant public parks, woods, and lush natural meadows, glorious sandy seashores, and the shining sea next to our President John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library at historic Calf Pasture, Columbia Point / Old Harbor, Dorchester!
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Picturesque Trap Falls in our Massachusetts Willard Brook State Forest! This is a beautiful place to go and decompress and there's DCR camping nestled in an amazing pine forest! 👍❤️🙏
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Magical moments with the crescent moon while waiting for sunrise in Boston! 🙂🫶🙏🌎🌍🌏☮️🕊️
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That's what Thich Nhat Hanh wrote about mindfulness in one of his stories.
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What a glorious day, what a magnificent world, I'm so thankful that at 78 years old the good Lord has blessed us all in Boston and Massachusetts with such an abundance of natural riches! This is historic and magnificently gorgeous Old Harbor Reservation and South Boston, with
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Tonight's celestial treat as the Full Snow Moon graces our night sky! February's Full Snow Moon in Virgo is a micro-moon, the smallest full moon of 2024.
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It's Horrific that we in the so-called 'civilized' Western World shut our eyes to such incredible brutality! Genocide as rightly called out by Senator Bernie Sanders! God forgive us, because History won't! ☮️🕊️🙏🌏🌍🌎
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Israeli warplanes bombed a residential block in the Shate refugee camp, in Gaza city.
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Methadone Mile, Boston, our Brothers and Sisters. ❤️🫶🙏
“Poverty was not created by God. It is we who have caused it, you and I through our egotism.”
- Mother Teresa
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A stunning view this morning of our Department of Conservation & Recreation's Old Harbor Reservation with the City of Boston's Joe Moakley Park in the foreground and the DCR's Carson Beach and Bathhouse at the shore. The early morning light and calm bay make for a picture-perfect
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Boston's Juneteenth Celebration today in Franklin Park, Boston, with our Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and our Massachusetts Governor, Maura Healey! "Boston’s Black community has celebrated Juneteenth at Franklin Park for decades with cookouts, music, and games. Saturday’s event,
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Yesterday I cycled the 11-mile out and back from my South End home along our fantastic green
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Southwest Corridor Bike Path to Peters Hill in our magnificent Arnold Arboretum! The drumlin's natural beauty with lush meadows, impressive skyline view of Boston, and abundant
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Our John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library / Museum sited by the sea is a brilliant testament to the aspirations and nobility of our martyred 35th President on Columbia Point, Dorchester, Boston. 🙏🇺🇸🌊
"This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor."
- John F.
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I basked in the healthy sunshine as I rode my trusty old workhorse Raleigh bicycle ride from our stunning Carson Beach and along Old Harbor Reservation and the L and M Street Beaches, and then on to Pleasure Bay (Sugar Bowl), Head Island, and Castle Island! We are truly Blessed,
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Our Boston skyline viewed from Moakley Field in South Boston/Dorchester. Yesterday, I cycled to Moakley, Carson Beach, Dorchester Shores, Calf Pasture, JFK Library, Commonwealth Museum, and UMass Boston. It was a glorious day at the shore and beach and I viewed an original
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One of my treasured homeless friends, Rob...RIP, often looked up at the blue sky and said, "Rise and shine, every day's a blessing!" Yesterday I did a 10-mile loop on my bike starting from my home near Back Bay Station and going down Dot Ave (W Fourth St) to Moakley Field where I
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My old son Martin with one of his favorite cars, a 289 cubic inch V8 powered Ford Mustang (1964-1966). "The Boston Cup is an annual classic car show that is held at the Parkman Bandstand on the historic Boston Common. 100 of the most significant vehicles will be on display for
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A visiting Heavenly Messenger and a watchful Guardian Angel! Joe Biden, our Lord Almighty wants us to stop killing each other and laying waste to Mother Earth! 🙏🫶☮️🕊️🌎
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This morning's high tide made this section of Boston's Harborwalk impassable. This runs under Seaport Blvd which crosses the Evelyn Moakley bridge a little beyond Martin's Park and Children's Wharf.
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Here is one part of our recent $9.8 million project renovating the City's Malcolm X Park and DCR's Melnea A. Cass Recreational Complex! The multi-use athletic field has been completely overhauled and features a natural grass field seasonally lined for softball, soccer, kickball,
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This morning, I rode my bike from my home in the South End to the stunning Moakley Park & Carson Beach in South Boston/Dorchester. It's incredible to have such a beautiful capital city in Massachusetts, boasting some of the world's finest free outdoor recreational amenities!
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What a wonderfully engaging and informative program this morning with our fantastic Boston Mayor Michelle Wu as the headline guest on Jim Braude and Margery Eagan's "Boston Public Radio" at our Boston Public Library!
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Video of Boston's Juneteenth Celebration on Saturday, June 15, 2024, in Franklin Park, Boston, with our Massachusetts Governor, Maura Healey! Our Mayor Michelle Wu was also there, please see my June 15th posting below. "Boston’s Black community has celebrated Juneteenth at
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"In the 1880s, the calf pasture was used as a Boston sewer line and pumping station, known as the Calf Pasture Pumping Station Complex. This large granite structure, the first sewage treatment station built in the city, was built in 1883. It still stands and in its time was a
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37,000+ American flags planted on the western side of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in our Boston Common this Memorial Day. Each flag represents a brave Massachusetts service member who gave his or her life defending our country since the Revolutionary War.
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Brilliant photojournalism, powerfully expressive! Humanity with all its contradictions. 🙏
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A very Patriotic and Enthusiastic crowd turned out for our 4th of July Parade here in Boston! As part of the U.S. Navy week of activities in Boston, Navy Day at the JFK Library on Friday features free admission, concerts by Navy bands at noon and 6 p.m., and other interactive
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I discovered a prehistoric petrograph/petroglyph today while hiking our Blue Hills, this was a very popular spot for stone work by our Native Americans. The carving is near the top of a sheer 20-foot rock wall and may have been done 5,000 or 10,000 years ago! We also have
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Carson Beach and Dorchester Shores Reservation with Moakley Park in the foreground. JFK Library at Columbia Point, Boston, is in the distance upper right.
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Fantastic Franklin Park, a treasured Boston Olmsted jewel that includes historic areas, such as this view from Ralph Waldo Emerson's Schoolmaster Hill, public recreation including White Memorial Stadium, a gift to the City's public school children courtesy of notable local
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“A Day in Pompeii” at the Museum of Science in Boston in 2011. The town of Pompeii, Italy, was buried in AD 79 during the eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius resulting in moments of eternity frozen in time.
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Supertechno 75 Plus telescopic camera crane at our Franklin Park abandoned bear dens in Boston for filming scenes of zombies, soldiers, and post-apocalyptic survivors for AMC's "The Walking Dead: Dead City" Season 2. The crane weighs 8,488 lbs and extends an amazing 73'1" from
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Got up early and headed out to our Blue Hills and met a very interesting man who spends hundreds of hours exploring the Reservation. He showed me the skin shed from a local five-foot Timber Rattlesnake! Timber rattlers are native to all six New England states -- but so rare these
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Amazing show of Baltimore Orioles singing and flying about at our Arnold Arboretum yesterday!
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JPMorgan Labels U.S. Recession 'Selective'
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JPMorgan has described the current economic situation in the US as a 'selective recession', indicating that lower-income consumers are struggling to cover the cost of living. This term has sparked a variety of
The US economy is in a 'selective recession' as lower-income consumers can't cover the cost of living, JPMorgan, $JPM, has said.
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Google Maps just messaged me that my photos had +608.3K new views this week. 😀 I love folks seeing my Boston, my Massachusetts, and our world here in New England! Total views of my photos on Google Maps is +258 Million. Thank you to all the viewers! 🙏
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Boston's Franklin Park was the backdrop for filming scenes of zombies, soldiers, and post-apocalyptic survivors for AMC's "The Walking Dead: Dead City" Season 2. Looks like the old bear dens are being used as a stand-in for NYC's Central Park. Today during my hike in the park, I
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Regrettably, the military-industrial complex has gained complete control of our government, relegating democracy and peace to a secondary status behind profits and power. We have blood on our hands and hate has replaced love. ☮️🕊️🙏
Yesterday I cycled to our John F. Kennedy
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Forever a blessing in my life, my younger son Brian at our Blue Hills, 11/17/2013. He suffered from a dual diagnosis of bipolar and substance abuse and left this world with an acute heroin overdose on July 27, 2015. “Do not think that love in order to be genuine has to be
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One of my favorite places to hike is Franklin Park in Boston and a couple of days ago I discovered a 'secret' passageway near the Overlook Ruins! I cautiously entered the tunnel and after navigating the vines and darkness it opened to an alternate universe! I then discovered near
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Yesterday, our remarkable Moakley Park hosted hundreds of young athletes and their families for the "Battle of Boston - 2024," organized by Boston Youth Lacrosse. This non-profit recreational lacrosse program welcomes boys and girls from kindergarten through 8th grade, regardless
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My favorite beach captured with my underwaterTX30 Sony camera. The water quality is graded at 100% clean, there are 3 lifeguard towers, the bathhouse facilities are beautifully maintained, and there is an onsite food concession. What's not to love?!
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I cycled the Southwest Corridor bike path to Peters Hill in our Arnold Arboretum yesterday and took in the amazing view, amplified by the color of the blossom-laded trees! The strikingly colored Baltimore Orioles flying about at the foot of the hill were amazing!
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Boston Public Garden Lagoon and Swan Boats on this glorious day!
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James Blake House, 1661, the oldest house in Boston. I cycled there after viewing the USS Constitution at Castle Island and going along the Harborwalk to Carson Beach in Old Harbor. That's a 15-mile trip, I'm 78 years old and if I can do it so can you! 🚴♂️🚶🏞️
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WOW, what an amazing experience "Walking with Little Amal" from Dewey Square to the Grand Gate at the border of Chinatown! "A little girl on a BIG journey, Little Amal is the 12-foot puppet of a ten-year-old refugee girl, at the heart of The Walk." Kudos to the man who braved
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Cherry blossoms are beloved worldwide, and we're blessed to have a wonderful collection on Castle Island! Cherry trees seem like clouds as they bloom en masse, and look like a canopy of soft color when one walks or sits under them. Soft and velvety petals cascade from the trees,
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Our Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is very much a law and order mayor while showing genuine empathy for our residents who are struggling. Here she is at our South End neighborhood Mayor's Coffee Hour on May 6, 2024, at Peters Park after introducing our District 4 Captain Sweeney who
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Last night's majestic setting sun splashes a band of gold on our Charles River looking from the Boston riverbank to the Cambridge shore. I met another cyclist, Brian, and we had an enjoyable conversation about simple living! It's these wonderful magic moments that make my day
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My mom told me many times as I was growing up, "There but for the Grace of God go I." In other words, we didn't earn our good fortune, it is an 'accident' of the circumstances of our birth, and Gratitude, Faith, Hope, Love, and Charity are the proper responses every minute of
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Crews are preparing the abandoned Bear Dens at Franklin Park, Boston, to film zombies, soldiers, and post-apocalyptic survivors in AMC's "The Walking Dead: Dead City" Season 2. This is a compilation video of photos.
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Boston's historic Long Wharf was completely flooded with today's storm, that's a very popular tourist destination in the warm weather! What does the future hold?
#Boston
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Forceful and continuous 54 MPH wind gusts drive sea swells over Boston's Long Wharf and flood the historic pier completely.
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Our nation, and indeed the world, is arrogant with deep-rooted systemic injustices and both personal and state-sponsored violence against our fellow humans. Dozens of close friends, my brothers and sisters, have endured suffering and were ultimately freed by death. The
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I was cycling in the southwestern area of our city and managed to photograph a Great Blue Heron!
#Boston
#Massachusetts
#birds
#birding
#birdphotography
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#wildlife
#wildlifephotography
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This beautiful waterfall in the woods on Great Blue Hill was going full force yesterday! The summit of Great Blue Hill is the highest point within 10 miles of the Atlantic coast south of central Maine.
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@MassDCR
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I am humbly grateful for the many guardian angels in my long and blessed life, two of whom are Mother Teresa and my beloved son Brian. I met Mother Teresa, now St. Teresa of Calcutta, in Boston in 1976 when she was with my friend Paul Sullivan, one of the Founders of the Pine
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The elite and entitled could benefit from reading Victor Hugo and Charles Dickens to grasp even a fraction of their privilege. A virtuous life is not defined by the accumulation of wealth and status but by kindness and humility. Meanwhile, the wrong individuals are imprisoned,
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The great transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here in a small cabin on Schoolmaster Hill decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park. I love cycling/hiking around this brilliant space, enjoying the people I meet, the natural beauty, and
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