Susan left Sunday morning and called later that evening from The Green Roof Inn in Girard, Pennsylvania, which is an I-90 town mighty close to the Ohio Border. Tonight she hopes to make it to the pet-friendly Burnham in Chicago. And from there, weather permitting, home. I’m still marveling at this adaptable woman. Leaving the […]
Susan left Sunday morning and called later that evening from The Green Roof Inn in Girard, Pennsylvania, which is an I-90 town mighty close to the Ohio Border. Tonight she hopes to make it to the pet-friendly Burnham in Chicago. And from there, weather permitting, home. I’m still marveling at this adaptable woman. Leaving the […]
Ernest Hemingway The hills across the valley of the Ebro were long and white. On this side there was no shade and no trees and the station was between two lines of rails in the sun. Close against the side of the station there was the warm shadow of the building and a curtain, made […]
Matt sporting his new leather jacket and one of about fifty Italian silk ties his Aunt Joan sent him.
Mike, Is this a suitable subject for the blog. You be the judge. I was doing my weekly clothes washing and happened into the men’s room next door. Pushed open one of the stalls and nearly fell backwards in astonishment at what I saw. See attachment.) I hadn’t seen one of these since ’72 in […]
Photos of Joe wrestling his opponent at tonight’s meet between Acton Boxborough and Lincoln Sudbury. Those pictures pretty much show the whole match, except for the end when Joe pinned the guy. Matt calls him a “beast,” and now I know why.
How’s your hand? Ed The worst thing, beyond not being able to work, is how hard it makes typing. Which only reinforces your god-like status.. Mike You are a better typer than I am, so reverting to one-hand typing is much worse for you than it is for me. But some things are impossible with […]
Snow Day
Snow Day
Peter’s been touting Kilauea’s most recent eruption.
Hi Mike, Three more small blog entries from Japan. Here is #1: On Friday we had a “1-day symposium”, actually a 2-hour, 5-people symposium, and then a 7-person party. (Where did the extra guys come from? What attracted them? Sake & sashimi?) The 2nd entry is about a shopping spree on Friday when I got […]
Flo toasting her own 93rd birthday, with, appropriately enough, an Old Fashioned. Two of the birthday participants – Debbie and Matthew. Susan arrived Monday after a three-day drive from Minnesota, and we immediately fullfilled her first wish – a house margarita from La Cantina . The first Christmas card arrived yesterday and it wasn’t from […]