I'm in for an once and I exprect the pound. What a few days I have ahead. Tomorrow I am at Naumkeag, the museum/mansion and gardens where I work a few days a week, followed by the evening at Tanglewood where, Wait Wait Don't Tell me is on. Friday I have appointments, Saturday at Tanglewood for th
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08/31/2016
I'm up early and I post shortly after that. I wrote a brilliant blog and when the system failed I lost it. I'm bummed by this will have to do now: I am not reconstructing the entire post. Here are a couple of pictures I like that have nothing to do with anything. Enjoy.
08/31/2016
I just returned from dinner with one of the young people I have sort of mentored at work. It was an easy and lovely evening and we both enjoyed ourselves. At some point my young friend asked me if I thought she was smart. I was taken back. As I told her we wouldn't be out together unless I though
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08/30/2016
Yesterday I drove to my old car dealer to have some major repairs done. It was a 400 mile day and it was it was exhausting. The total of the repairs exceeded the cost of my first new car. When I was given the estimate, it was even higher and as I waited for some seven hours, I processed how very
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08/29/2016
I drove from western Massachusetts to central New Jersey this morning. I left in the dark and made a few observations. I stopped for coffee at a highway place and it was sad. It was kind of like a third world nation: poor people working hard in difficult surroundings. I admired the work ethic but
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08/29/2016
Some years ago when I was looking for a home in Massachusetts, while living in central New Jersey I would make the 400 mile round trip journey. It was never pleasant but it was ultimately successful. When possible I would spend a night, but the day I bought my current home I went up and back in o
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08/28/2016
Life is about going with the flow. Things happen, sometimes for the good and then for the wrong. What do you do......? You do the best you can with purpose and determination. I have a long and busy week ahead, some difficult days and some I am looking forward to. Tomorrow I have a four hundred mi
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08/27/2016
The season is almost over and tonight is special. My favorite classical artist is playing with the Boston Symphony. Yo Yo Ma is gifted, passionate, and so very giving. If you don't know him, he is the cellist of our time. So I am looking forward to my job tonight and enjoying the concert as well.
08/26/2016
I'm off today for the first time in weeks. I have so many things to do and my house needs a good cleaning. I don't feel like blogging, and I certainly don't feel like cleaning either. The last time I checked I'm pretty sure no one ever died of dirt and I am going to chance it.
08/26/2016
As the song and the movie go, some do like it hot: I do not. Working in an old building without air conditioning and then outside for four hours in the evening makes it hard to embrace the heat. So on a day when I have really hot and humid to to anticipate I look forward to fall temperatures and
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08/24/2016
