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To the Editor: If you drive with your car windows open, you can smell it on most spring evenings. The scent is unmistakable. Yes, someone is barbecuing. Most of us barbecue and don’t give it a second thought. To grill is commonplace and a tradition that crosses cultural lines. But where did barbecue start? Like […]
To the Editor: I read, with a grin on my face, the essay, ‘What’s in a name?’ by John Merrow. The grin was elicited to think that a two-time Peabody Award winner would actually take the time to register 22 names containing the word Martha with the relevant Massachusetts state agency. My hunch is that […]
To the Editor: I lean forward as I walk. The wind is stronger as I continue on the beach, shortly before dusk in April. I am walking east, so the sun is at my back, although the wind is not. To my left, seagrass, almond yellow, swaying in the breeze. To my right, the olive-green […]