Steve and I have seen the movie Julie and Julia twice and loved it both time times. We both agree, though, that the best parts are the ones where Meryl Streep portrays Julia Child. Watching Streep’s brilliant recreation of Child, I found myself wishing that I had known her. She had such a love of […]
DID YOU KNOW… The Canton Lions Club will hold its 33rd annual Lions Country Breakfast on Sunday, March 28 (Palm Sunday) from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Canton High School cafeteria. Tickets are $6.50 for adults and $4.50 for children and seniors. Proceeds will go to benefit eye research and blindness prevention as […]
‘One day, one mile, one meal, one pound, at a time’ EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the final excerpt from Gary Titus’ blog. The Citizen thanks Gary for sharing his personal journey, with the hope thast it might help others. Wednesday, February 18, 2009 (295 lbs.): We got to the Tufts Medical Center surgery center at […]
I’m not a woman who is overly fond of gold or jewels. My favorite jewelry is usually made of silver with an unusual stone like an onyx or a carnelian. Not for me are diamonds and emeralds — I’m a cheap date. But despite that fact the most cherished items in my jewelry box are […]
DID YOU KNOW… A number of MAC’s readers are complaining about the steady stream of negative news concerning the operating school budget shortfalls from our outgoing school superintendent. Could it be we are being set up for another tax-increasing override? Superintendent John D’Auria has painted a very bleak picture indeed, and there’s no question that […]
Planning my gastric bypass – Wednesday, January 14, 2009 This is the second in a three-part series by Gary Titus chronicling his struggle with food addiction and obesity that subsequently led to his decision to undergo successful gastric bypass surgery a year ago. By Gary Titus I’ve been preparing for this since the end of […]
I have a cold, so it’s been a miserable week. For me the worst part of a cold isn’t the stuffy nose or hacking cough, attractive though they might be; it’s the fact that I can’t sleep at night. Over the years I’ve developed my own regimen for getting through a cold. At night I […]
DID YOU KNOW… Where are all the candidates for local town offices? Where are all the budding politicians? Has voter apathy become our fate and destiny? Once again our town election will be a quiet, lackluster affair. This time, we have only one contest, and that is for one seat on the Canton Housing Authority. […]
Guest columnist Gary Titus begins his three-part series this week chronicling his struggle with food addiction and obesity that subsequently led to his decision to undergo successful gastric bypass surgery a year ago. By Gary Titus Saturday, January 10, 2009: I’m 51 years old and weigh 321 pounds. I’ve been morbidly obese for at least […]
I love cities. I love the messy, vital, constant movement; the color, the busy sweep, the very insanity of so many people living and working together in a small space. The other day I found myself defending my love of cities to a woman who hated them. “I’m a farm girl at heart,” she told […]
