Less intake, more output.
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Folly Cove Designers at the Cape Ann Museum
Folly Cove is a wonderful name. It could not have been the same if they were located in nearby Brace Cove, Wonson Cove, Lobster Cove, Hodgkins Cove, etc. Light House Cove, Plum Cove, Gull Cove or Loblolly Cove might have done, but less perfectly. I think Folly Cove is where Giles did his SCUBA open […]
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It’s my lucky day, sort of: speech
Finally got elected to the FDTC today; it was their last chance… I wrote a speech but in the end, I didn’t need it. There were three nominations for two open seats, and one dropped out (Amanda Northrup), leaving Robert Case and me to be elected by acclamation. Amanda said she was in no hurry, […]
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Obituaries for my clothes
Downsizing, decluttering, whatever you call it, is hard. Today I gave away 38 pounds of clothes and recycled 18 pounds of old bedding. Taking these pictures was supposed to help me let go, but now I am mired in a swamp of reminiscence. It is interesting and fun, despite the occasional tear in my eye, and […]
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Decrease in local sparkle level detected
Holli Andrews has departed Framingham. I helped her pack, and I was surprised at how envious I felt when I saw her boxing up the possessions she wants to keep, and ruthlessly tossing or donating the things she doesn’t; her packed car, ready to hit the road, looked like a ticket to fresher air and […]
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Hey, dudes, how about a little intersectionalism?
The endless struggle of women to be accepted by men as bonafide fully equipped, intelligent, creative, capable human beings is exhausting for all of us. We are tired of being treated as less than fully human by men of every color. The patriarchy knows no race or creed. Women of color are bitter about how […]
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Hello world! Not.
The election of Donald Trump galvanized me, and I realized I had to take responsibility for the state of the world. In proportion to my role in it, of course, which is very small. Accordingly, I spent the past year trying to figure out what I could do. I quickly realized that I had also […]
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Selah
Today I learned a new word. I love it when that happens. The word is “selah.” It’s not English and no one knows what it means. Better and better! It has its own Wikipedia article in English, though, and I read there, without citation, that it appears 74 times in the bible, so I found […]
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Congratulations to the winners!
Congratulations to the winners, Cheryl Tully-Stoll and Laurie Lee. And a huge thank you to everyone who came out, and to everyone who voted for me and helped and supported this campaign in so many ways. I’m sorry we didn’t pull it off this time, but we’ll keep working to promote progressive values in our community. […]
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Elizabeth Warren and me!
Thank you, Elizabeth Warren, for your inspiration and encouragement, and for wearing a Gwendolyn Holbrow for Selectman button! And thank you, Holli Andrews, for the photo.
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Priority Issues
Much of our local governance is excellent! As they say, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. At the same time, in some ways we fall short of our ideals, especially in parts of Framingham that are chronically underrepresented in town government. Listed below are some areas we need to address, regardless of which form of municipal government we choose on […]
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Meet the Candidate
Gwendolyn Holbrow has lived in Framingham since 1998, and for many years represented Precinct 10 in Town Meeting, where she served on the Education Committee and the Real Property Committee. During that time, she also organized and represented neighbors in Precincts 10 and 11 in fighting development proposals that lacked appropriate buffer zones between commercial and industrial sites and […]
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Town or City?
On April 4, Framingham voters will choose between remaining a town or adopting a city charter (available by clicking the image at right). Each system has advantages and disadvantages, and you, the voters, will decide which form of government can best address the challenges we face. Whatever you decide, I will do my best to make it work for our […]