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.

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.

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!

Let us now praise famous eateries

Our girl Laurel enjoys Worcester dining delights past and present in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

If we ran the Higgins . . .

Our girls Gloria and Laurel submit a few ideas for approval in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns.

Our girl resolves to . . .

. . . put her best foot forward (with the lights, of course) and more in this week's Worcester TelegramTowns. Happy New Year and Excelsior!