Thursday, December 24, 2015

Merry Christmas, Worcester!

Our girl Laurel wishes you a wonderfully merry Christmas in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns. Excelsior!

Thursday, December 17, 2015

Music hath charms

Our girl Laurel subdues Mr. Papineau's inner Scrooge in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Thursday, December 10, 2015

All's fair at the Odd Fellows

Uncle Timmy recalls fairs of Christmas past for our girl Laurel in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Friday, December 4, 2015

Star of faith and love

Our girl Laurel wishes Mrs. Sigel and everyone a Happy Hanukkah in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns. She looks forward to seeing you at Worcester Roller Derby's Craftershock Fair, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Seven Hills ASPiRE!, 150 Goddard Memorial Drive, and on Sunday in the Union Station Concourse at stART at the Station. Excelsior!

Friday, November 27, 2015

Gold is where you find it

Our girl Laurel strikes a timely bonanza in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Marxing the occasion

You bet our girl Laurel's thankful in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns. Happy Thanksgiving!

Thursday, November 12, 2015

A charmed life

Our girl Laurel walks with fortune in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Thursday, November 5, 2015

The 11th day of the 11th month

Our girl Laurel and Uncle Timmy take pause in Green Island in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Thursday, October 29, 2015

A-Hauntin' We Will Go

Our girls and guest stars wish you a Worcesterrific Halloween in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Saturday, October 24, 2015

Color us busy

Our girl Laurel employs a color scheme in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Thursday, October 15, 2015

The other folk art

Our girl Laurel and Uncle Timmy enjoy city lights in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Thursday, October 8, 2015

At the Columbus Day Parade

Our girl Laurel arrives first-class in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns, with a tip of the Hatlo hat to Mr. Al Banx.

Thursday, October 1, 2015

Ode to October

Our girl Laurel savors the sights and sound of October in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Thursday, September 24, 2015

Super-Size Day

Our girl Laurel procures a special gift for a special friend in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Falling forward

Our girls Laurel and Gloria call the seasonal play in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Thursday, September 10, 2015

"Channel 27--Good Show!"

Uncle Timmy tunes in the wayback machine for our girl Laurel in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Thursday, September 3, 2015

'Where is thy sting?'

Our girl Laurel dispatches a pest of the month in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Where all good eateries go

Our girl Laurel enjoys a full-course dream in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Thursday, August 20, 2015

It's all in the game

Play is the thing for our girls this season in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Thursday, August 13, 2015

Spirits in the sky

Our girls invoke some higher powers at Saturday's Latin American Festival in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Thursday, August 6, 2015

Be good or be gone

Commerce and amity come together for our girl Laurel in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Thursday, July 30, 2015

Under the Volcano

Our girl Laurel relates a tale for our thermal times in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Thursday, July 23, 2015

Mission Inscrutable

Our girls accomplish a mission under wraps of secrecy in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Thursday, July 16, 2015

The Art of contentment

Our girls Laurel and Audra have it made in the shade at Art in the Park in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns

Thursday, July 9, 2015

After the Disney concert . . .

There's no fooling our girl Laurel in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Thursday, July 2, 2015

A scintillating Fourth

Our girls Laurel and Marigold bring some sparkle to the holiday in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns. Happy Fourth!

Thursday, June 25, 2015

Summer scheduling

Our girl Laurel outlines an ideal itinerary in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Thursday, June 18, 2015

Weather clear, track fast

It's post time for our girl Laurel and friends on the last day of school in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Thursday, June 11, 2015

Permanent wave

Our girl Laurel shows her Flag Day colors in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Thursday, June 4, 2015

Kitchen sink drama

Our girls stage their own thimble theatre in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Thursday, May 28, 2015

How purple was our valley

Our girl Laurel learns about the mill and the dross in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Thursday, May 21, 2015

Time to remember

Our girl Laurel shares a few memories on Memorial Day in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Thursday, May 14, 2015

Them thar hills

Our girl Laurel relates her tale of the Seven Hills (and company) of Worcester in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Thursday, May 7, 2015

The intro and the outro

A breath of fresh air embraces our girl Laurel in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Thursday, April 30, 2015

The other kid in town

Our girls Laurel and Gloria behold the boy without the blog in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Postcards over the edge

Our girl Laurel wishes you were here and there with her in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Thursday, April 16, 2015

Special deliveries

Our girl Laurel learns about the vendors working the neighborhoods once upon a time in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Wowing them with science

Our girls stop the scientific show for Mr. Papineau in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Thursday, April 2, 2015

Keep watching the skies!

Our girls Laurel and Marigold receive a most special delivery in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns. Happy Easter!

Thursday, March 26, 2015

Auds and ends

Our girl Laurel enjoys front row center on Worcester Auditorium lore in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Gone with the winter

Our girl Laurel concludes a tale's winter in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Thursday, March 12, 2015

Color us St. Patrick's

Our girls add some green to the scene for Mrs. Dolan in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns. Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Thursday, March 5, 2015

A winter's puzzlement

Our girls Laurel and Audra combine enterprise with enigmas in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Thursday, February 26, 2015

Arise, Sir Vival!

Our girl Laurel rides into Worcester automotive history in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns. She'll be joining her most talented uncles Doug Chapel, Karl Cole, Michael McMenemy, Jon Mills, Bob Noberini and Evan Scola at the opening reception for Davis Art Gallery's "Meanwhile in Downtown Worcester..." comic art show from 5 to 7 p.m. Feb. 26 at the Printers Building, 44 Portland St. Show runs through May 22. Be seeing you!

Thursday, February 19, 2015

The other Adventureland

Our girls Laurel and Marigold enjoy their own unique theme park in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Thursday, February 12, 2015

"I put a spell on you . . ."

Our girl Laurel has her mind set on Valentines in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns. Happy Valentine's Day!

Thursday, February 5, 2015

How are you fixed for cookies?

Our girl Laurel comes through like a Trooper in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Thursday, January 29, 2015

A little Flora goes a long way

Our girl Laurel presents her homegrown Flora in Winter at Tadcaster Place in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Mural, mural on the wall . . .

Our girl Laurel submits her Worcester mural idea for Mr. Papineau's approval (and yours) in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Sunday, January 18, 2015

Laura to Rachel to LAUREL

Just found these two sketches, drawn in October 2001, about six months before LAUREL debuted in print. My niece Laura Grace was about to get her first set of glasses, which inspired the sketch at left. A story idea about a little girl first getting glasses came to mind. To give Laura's sister Rachel Souza equal billing, the name became "Laurel" by the second sketch, drawn shortly after. That story hasn't come about, but Laurel herself did the rest! Thanks, Laura and Rachel--couldn't have done it without you!