About random things…

…June 4, which just so happens to be my birthday, is also the date when one of the most amazing accomplishments in sports came to an end. On that day, in 1987, Edwin Moses clipped the final hurdle in his 400-meter race and fellow American Danny Harris crossed the finish line just ahead of him.  Moses had won 122 straight races over almost 10 years.

…According to nature writer Pieter van Dokkum, there are something like 5,500 species of dragonflies and damsel flies...

Many of us who live or work in Concord like to say – and most times with a smile – “only in Concord” when something occurs here that strikes us as somewhat out of the ordinary. And so it went last week when The Cheese Shop on Walden Street celebrated the arrival of “the largest cheese wheel in the western hemisphere” with its annual Crucolo parade. The tradition was started years ago and has since become a festive event that draws a large crowd of all ages gathered together to laugh, sing and...