Binge-Watching Star Trek Discovery during COVID-19 — a VERY entertaining Trek
by Robert Gillis5/2020 One of the benefits of quarantine (such as it is) — I’m halfway through Star Trek: Discovery Season 2. The reviews I read all talk CANON. And…
Black Lives Matter
by Robert GillisPublished in the Boston City Paper, June 7, 2020 It has happened to me TWICE this week that I have said, “Black Lives Matter” and someone responded, “All…
America 2020: Protests, Violence, Racism — Divided We Fall
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter May 31, 2020 I grew up in a very poor section of Dorchester. The Parish was (and is) quite diverse — White,…
Do not feed the online trolls in the comment section and Facebook groups
by Robert GillisMay 16, 2020, 2…, maybe 3 A.M.? i think it was the guy who said sunshine kills COVID-19 that finally pushed me over the edge. You just cannot…
Welcoming Ghosts of Christmas at the North Shore Music Theater with David Coffee
December 21, 2019: And then this happened. Once again having the privilege to speak with David Coffee, Mr. Ebeneezer Scrooge, and tonight congratulating him on his 26th year in this…
My final column for the Foxboro Reporter: “Goodbye, Farewell And Amen: The Writer Steps Off The Stage”
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter, and in edited form for the Boston City Paper, July 2019 (WordPress date updated so that this post always appears first on…
New Electronic Sign For The Marilyn Rodman Performing Arts Center / Orpheum Theater Deserves A YES Vote At Town Meeting
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter 5/2019 Our annual town meeting will be May 13, 2019, and I would like to use this space to encourage you to…
The Church still stands: Remembering the promise of Easter Sunday after the Notre Dame Cathedral fire
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and Boston City Paper, 4/2019 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.” — John…
Twenty-Five takeaways from Sunday’s Patriots Super Bowl sendoff rally, Sunday January 28, 2019
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter 1/2019 and the Boston City Paper 2/2019 1. I am SO glad the weather wasn’t what we had last Sunday; no way…
Dinner with Mom brings back Memories of Christmas Past
by Robert Gillis Published In The Foxboro Reporter 12/2018 This past Friday at my weekly visit to Mom, over two helpings of chicken broccoli Ziti, Mom and I caught on…
Washington 2018: Have you no sense of decency?
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and The Boston City Paper, 10/2018 “Until this moment, Senator, I think I never really gauged your cruelty or your recklessness. ……
My 3:00 A.M. Facebook Reboot Get a grip folks. It’s only Facebook)
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and Boston City Paper, 9/2018 Social media, particularly Facebook, has been in the news these past months for various reasons. It’s very…
“Open your eyes,” a story of my encounter with two homeless people
By Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and the Boston City Paper, 7/2018 “When I close my eyes, so I would not see / My Lord did trouble me…
Boston, you’re my home! (A two day Boston Adventure)
by Robert Gillis Published in the Foxboro Reporter and Boston City Paper 5/2018 Also published in OnTray Magazine, June 2018! The City of Boston is one of my favorite photographic…
Zen and Art of Writing Op/Eds – I still have a lot to say!
by Robert Gillis Published in the Boston City Paper, 3/2018 While Op-Ed pieces are by their very definition a personal opinion, I hope you will indulge this oddly self-serving personal…