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Lawrence Henry

Lawrence Henry writes every week from North Andover, Massachusetts.
by | Oct 26, 2007

I found the message on our answering machine on a Thursday afternoon: “This is so-and-so from the church. I presume you’ve already heard about the fire. We’re having a prayer meeting tonight at seven.” No, I hadn’t heard about the…

by | Oct 25, 2007

I see nothing strange about Rudy’s statement that he’ll root for the American League team. I’ve always been an American League fan, and have always done the same. Except for that strange 18-year outlyer when I lived in Los Angeles.

by | Oct 19, 2007

My sister had come for a quick weekend visit. Not unusually, by dinnertime we hadn’t had a moment to get out and shop for food. So I made something — can’t even remember what, a salad, a pasta — out…

by | Oct 12, 2007

When I was a boy, I spent summers visiting my grandparents in South Dakota. We attended a little white Church of Christ right in the middle of our little town. I could name every member of the congregation for you…

by | Oct 8, 2007

Great work on Justin Leonard, Quin. Yesterday’s victory moves his world ranking to, I believe, 43, which begins to put him where he belongs. He suffers only in the recent year or two, when his trying out new techniques and…

by | Oct 8, 2007

Yesterday's PGA tournament finish, the Valero Texas Open in San Antonio, was just riveting, one of those that proves the case for the best competition being among players of just under the first rank.  Jesper Parnevik opened with 61, 65,…

by | Oct 5, 2007

My younger son read me a dozen or so poems last night, part of his homework assignment. Joe read well, and he obviously enjoyed the rhythms and the rhymes. The poems covered the usual kiddie subjects: The alphabet, the changing…

by | Oct 1, 2007

Phil, it is amazing to me how alike are the worries of Red Sox and Yankee fans. In local baseball talks around Boston, I’ve been voicing my worries about the Sox: that they leave too many men on base, that…

by | Sep 28, 2007

Let’s recap a recent history of some obvious decisions, value judgments, if you will. A rickety boat filled with refugees from Communist Cuba sinks off the Florida coast. A passing fisherman helps save most of the passengers. Among those who…

by | Sep 27, 2007

Wearing his political strategist hat, Jay Severin, on his Boston (WTKK) radio show yesterday before the debate, analyzed it like a football game. He said Edwards and Obama were behind by three touchdowns, and what they had to do was…

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