While Diane naps, Mark works via wireless, and Ginger swims in the ocean, Matt and Robby tackle a 750 piece puzzle. They remind me of a couple of those Commie Pinkos we were supposed to always be on the lookout for back in the fifties. These two share pieces, work on separate and individual parts […]
Lawn Chair
Diane sent me off to Roche Bros. with a shopping list for our vacation on Narraganset Bay (Thanks  to Mark and Ginger who rented a house big enough to accommodate all of us : Adam, Tricia, Dan and Linda too.) I couldn’t read the second item to the right of low sodium (sorry, it now […]
Over here.
Over here.
Mike, For me, the ideal Rocky Mountain panorama has to have (1) green swards (preferably with grazing buffalo) in the foreground, (2) crystal-clear air, (3) snow covered mountains, and (4) Ansel Adams clouds extending to the zenith. Unfortunately I’ve had to make compromises. Greening up doesn’t happen till May, the buffalo haven’t been around here […]
Chris (Goose) is off for a week of skiing in Chile with his cousin. How special do you suppose I feel when an email arrives addressed to his Mother, his Father, and ME! Hey mom dad and mike, Â How are you? Â Tim and i just finished our first day of skiing and it was a […]
The captain stood there with his arms crossed looking upwards. “Doesn’t look safe. I wouldn’t do it.†His men silently nodded knowing assent; my confident explanations fell on deaf ears. We said a few more words, but I wasn’t inherently their problem — there was no fire, and slowly they drifted away, back to their […]
Skipping Stone
Maybe because I’d worked there before and had a dim memory for a prompt, or maybe just from a lucidity I could have used a few minutes earlier as foresight, I knew instantly what we’d done. In very tall spaces such as this, smoke detection as part of a fire alarm system usually takes the […]
Many years ago I was privileged to work on relighting The Church of the Covenant on Newbury Street in Boston. It boasts some of Louis Comfort Tiffany’s finest windows, as well as a gorgeous and monumental chandelier, which — if I recall correctly – was his first light fixture. It hangs at the crux of […]
Like the good old days, Goose helped me work at the condos up the street. Here he is doing the heavy lifting while I play with my camera. He asked me what I was going to take photos of and I said something about finding a good view from the rooftop. However, I couldn’t find […]