The World According to Gillespie

DOG IS LAST IN THE LEAGUE IN WALKS   This column originally appeared on Wicked Local. Almost a month ago, a friend and I met at Wompatuck State Park in Hingham to walk Hannah and Bruce, a yellow lab and golden retriever respectively. As usual both dogs spent time frolicking in the water, Bruce being the ambitious swimmer leaping off the dock in pursuit of flying rocks (and virtually anything else) and Hannah more the observer usually willing to wade in about belly high and do some extremely cautious swimming.    On the way back down the trail heading back in the direction of our cars, Hannah and Bruce took a short detour off the path and disappeared into the woods. Vanishing for only a matter of seconds, Bruce emerged full of energy, but Hannah was slow to make her way back to the trail. Eventually, my yellow lab emerged from the woods struggling to get back onto the path with a noticeable limp. I ran back to see what was the matter thinking that she m...

KATIE MCBRINE – A PRESCRIPTION FOR CHANGE If there is one thing that we need today politically it is change, and State Senate candidate Dr. Katie McBrine is aiming to provide a prescription for that change. While there are few available candidates who are willing to break the chains of the status quo, who are courageous enough to take on issues that are sometimes easier left untouched, and who involve themselves politically not because it’s a job but instead because it’s a responsibility, Katie McBrine offers voters a renewed sense of political energy that should carry her to victory in the upcoming November election.   Originally from the South Side of Chicago, McBrine relocated to the Boston area cutting her teeth in the urgent care center at Children’s Hospital. She has been practicing as a Scituate pediatrician for the past seven years, but admittedly has become a bit restless with her commitment to care indelibly tied to the unfortunate yet necessary realities of...

TINY HOUSES PROVIDE BIG OPPORTUNITIES I consider myself a bit of a minimalist. I don’t necessarily frequent Trader Joe’s or take exuberant pride in having my recycling bin overflowing at time of pick-up, but I do drive an old Toyota Tacoma pick-up with 130,000 miles that I will continue to drive until it stops and I will usually wear certain clothing items until they have sometimes fallen out of style only to become popular again.      It was in this spirit of minimalism that I decided to attend the Tiny House Festival at the Marshfield Fairgrounds this past weekend. I must have looked somewhat precarious carrying around a pad of paper and a pen because the people welcoming me at the gate immediately demanded that I talk to John.   John turned out to be John Kernohan, Chairman of the United Tiny House Association, who has coincidentally been living in a Tiny House in Georgia with his wife for the past seven years. “We have been all over the east coast wit...