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Counting Every Step
I’m a good little doobie. When the voice of authority tells me do something, I do it. Even when that voice is distant (I never call anyone after 10 p.m., per my mother’s directive circa 1966). Even when that voice … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged 10000 steps, alzheimers, Apple, Apple Health app, digifit, digifitMVP, iPhone, Talenti, Talenti Gelato
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Audiobook Orgy Part 3: In Defense of Food
“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” These seven words address everything Michael Pollen has to say in defense of food, but seven words does not a book make, and so he continues on for 200 more pages. Mr. Pollen … Continue reading
Posted in United States
Tagged Big Food, In Defense of Food, Michael Pollen, obesity, The Omnivore’s Dilemma
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Hampton Inn Art
I know, I know, it’s a cookie cutter hotel chain with ubiquitous facilities. When I wake up in a Hampton Inn, which I have in half-dozen cities, it takes a few minutes to remember where I am. However, among its … Continue reading
Audiobook Orgy Part 2: Green Metropolis
What is the most sustainable place in the United States? Boulder, Colorado? Davis, California? New York, New York? David Owen, New Yorker writer and master of counterintuitive arguments advocates for the latter. Per capita energy use in New York City is … Continue reading
Spring Forward Yoga
We set our clocks ahead for spring on Sunday. But with the ground covered with several feet of snow, the roads covered with black ice and temperatures below twenty degrees, I couldn’t bike to yoga. So I walked. A single … Continue reading
Posted in United States, Yoga
Tagged Aladdin Auto, Cambridge, Cambridge MA, Fresh Pond Plaza, thelighter, thelighter.org
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Audiobook Orgy Part 1: Road Trip!
I went on a road trip – 2400 miles through 11 states in 8 days. Along the way I visited family and gave a few book lectures. But mostly I drove. And listened to audiobooks. I’m drawn to center-left history … Continue reading
The War in Snyder’s Grocery Store
Jack Fallon died twenty years ago last week. He was an eccentric and endearing character. When the rest of his World War II generation were busy conforming to grey flannel suits, he marched to whatever voices resonated in his head. … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Uncategorized
Tagged The War in Snyder's Grocery Store, World War II
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Rise and Shine – for the 21,897th Time
Last Sunday was my birthday. I turned 60. Everyone who knows me steers clear of me on that day. It’s not that I mind getting old – being 60 suits me as well as Gloria Steinem turning 40. It’s just … Continue reading
Sean Penn’s Ugly Words
Of course the Oscars were long. Of course, the presenter’s cue card jokes fell flat. Neil Patrick Harris, so effortlessly charming at the Tony’s, appeared stiff, even in B.V.D.’s and black socks. Still, Lady Gaga made the most of her … Continue reading
Posted in United States
Tagged 2015 Oscars, Alejandro González Iñárritu, BIrdman, Chris Rock, Jude Law, Neil Patrick Harris, Sean Penn
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W.E.B. DuBois Says it Better than Me
In Architecture by Moonlight, I struggle to describe my fellow workers. Haitians work ethic is different from ours. I don’t wish to romanticize it, nor imply it’s lesser or greater. Although many find value in my descriptions, the third-world experts … Continue reading
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