by Marilee Driscoll | Apr 16, 2020 | Marilee's Musings
Hi there… My 31-year-old son Rob Driscoll was diagnosed March 20 with Covid-19, and has spent most of the last 3 weeks being kept alive by a ventilator at Medstar WA Medical Center in Washington DC. Rob’s a graduate not only of George Washington University, but...
by Marilee Driscoll | Nov 22, 2019 | Marilee's Musings
Here in Plymouth, Thanksgiving day pales in comparison to the Saturday before the holiday. That’s when the America’s Hometown Thanksgiving Celebration – our Thanksgiving parade – struts through town. I sound like a crazy person when I explain this...
by Marilee Driscoll | Nov 8, 2019 | Marilee's Musings
I know, I know. That’s supposedly December, according to the very popular Holiday song! But that’s just wrong. I’ve got it from reliable sources that mid-October through mid November is the most wonderful time of the year in Plymouth MA. By now, we’ve gotten over...
by Marilee Driscoll | Sep 2, 2019 | Marilee's Musings
Do you have extra veggies from your garden? A local young man has a great idea that you will want to know about. Imagine that you go to the South Shore Community Action Council Food Pantry and – among the canned goods and packaged food – you see produce...
by Marilee Driscoll | Aug 4, 2019 | Events, Things to Do, Marilee's Musings
I’d heard about this hymn sing – described as being held at a chapel in the woods. The simple, old chapel was very easy to find, and though the address is Long Pond Road, it’s surrounded by trees and has quite a country feel. I imagine the presiding...
by Marilee Driscoll | May 27, 2019 | Things to Do, Marilee's Musings
Monuments, statues, and parades. They are – in my mind – the way we communicate what our society holds most dear. I hold the view that we have watered down the meaning of the word hero. I think that it should be obvious that not everyone who wears a...
by Marilee Driscoll | Mar 19, 2019 | Events, Marilee's Musings
by Marilee Driscoll, founder of Things to Do In Plymouth MA I used to say that I would begin meditating, someday. But I thought I didn’t have the time. Then, I heard on a podcast that a meditation practice could be meaningful with as little as 5 minutes a...
by Marilee Driscoll | Dec 8, 2018 | Marilee's Musings
I’m dazzled. And humbled. When I stop and think about how this town has transformed in the last 20 years, and how it will transform for the 2020 celebration and beyond, it takes my breath away. Twenty plus years ago my (now ex) husband and I moved to Plymouth...
