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The View from the Nest
Springtime, and we just finished our move back to Cambridge. Jake and I winter in the Blue Hills. We’re not migratory creatures, but we tell our friends we need serious hibernation, clean away from humans. Truth is, we leave just … Continue reading
Everything Wrong with this Country in Ten Seconds or Less
I came upon a most perfect example of civic disintegration today. Perfect not just because it exemplifies the brazen meanness of people with power, but also because the incident is so inconsequential, the only reason it could possibly occur is … Continue reading
God is in the Detailing
Last month, when the clocks sprung forward but my morning yoga teacher did not, I wandered the blacktop of Fresh Pond Mall on a Sunday morning and discovered Aladdin Auto, as well as some remarkable sculptures and signs promoting thelighter.org. … 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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Cambridge May be Cushy, but We’re Not Afraid of the Cold
The thermometer dropped below zero last night, and the City of Boston closed public schools today. Really? There’s no snow on the ground, little ice and the sun is bright. One might have thought that the precious, coddled People’s Republic … Continue reading
Our Shrinking Engineering Legacy
This essay was published in WBUR Cognoscenti on July 2, 2014. I took a walk with a friend through Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Mass., last weekend to enjoy summer’s long days and pleasant weather. Some of the cemetery’s most … Continue reading
Posted in United States
Tagged Back Bay, Big Dig, Boston, Cambridge, Charles River, civil engineering, MIT, Mount Auburn Cemetery, South End, Washington Tower, Zakim Bridge
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Free Stuff – It’s Moving Season
I am sitting in my study on a warm summer Saturday afternoon. My third floor tenant is moving out. I have offered to help, but he’s a big guy, as is his boyfriend, so they’ve got it covered. They load … Continue reading
Wishing me Gone
Cambridge is a great bicycle city. We have more bicycle lanes per square mile than neighboring communities. We have protected cycling lanes, Hubway bike stations, designated parking areas, public repair stations, even a bicycle jug handle in Harvard Square. I … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
Tagged Aberdeen Ave, Bicycling, bike lanes, Cambridge, cycling, Huron Ave
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The Pergola
My neighbors use their back yard a lot; they have barbeques, they play games. I enjoy hearing their outdoor antics. This summer they built a pergola in the far corner of their lawn. Construction workers buzzed happy saws for a … Continue reading
All The Way
The A.R.T. pulses this September with the electricity of a powerful hit. The energy of the full house crowd at last night’s preview of All the Way was palpable; it surged when the cast took their places on the stately … Continue reading
Posted in United States
Tagged A.R.T., All the Way, American Repertory Theater, Betsy Aidern, Bobby Kennedy, Bryan Cranston, Cambridge, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Diane Paulus, George Wallace, Hubert Humphrey, LBJ, Lurleen Wallace, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Muriel Humphrey, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Pippin, Porgy and Bess, Reed Birney, Robert Schenkken, Susannah Stuhlman, The Great Society
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