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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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End of Summer Travelogue
I ended my summer doing two of my favorite things – riding my bicycle and connecting with the friends I have made through my work in Haiti. Len and Cheryl Ann Gengel invited me to their beach house in Wells, … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
Tagged Be Like Brit, Beverly, Bicycling, Cambridge, cycling, Danvers, Gengel, Hampton Beach, Ipswich, Kiettery, Labor Day, Lynnfield, Malden, Medford, Melrose, Newbury, Newburyport, North Hampton, Ogonquit, Peabody, Portsmouth, Rye Beach, Salisbury, Seabrook, Somerville, Stoneham, Topsfield, Wakefield, Wells, Wenhem, York Beach, York Harbor
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Four Days After
Four days after the eight year old boy Who came to watch his dad run a very long race Was killed And his sister lost her limb Chaos is our companion. Spring is ripe. Daffodils thick … Continue reading
Where are the Thin Mints?
Thanksgiving was practically perfect. A long candle lit table of family and friends, a golden brown turkey, traditional oyster stuffing and wiggly cranberry sauce, a bevy of delicious side dishes. After we finished the main course and took a break … Continue reading
Cambridge Ladies
Cambridge is a fine, fine place to live; its shortcomings barely worth mentioning. We have efficient and clean government and excellent municipal services, even if there are a few odd positions like a Ranger and a Peace Commissioner that seem … Continue reading
Cambridge Spring
I arrived back home at 2 am on Saturday morning, these days the bankrupt American Airlines serves up more delays than they do pretzels. The air was brisk but the same full moon that I woke to in Grand Goave … Continue reading
Posted in Haiti, United States, Yoga
Tagged Bikram, Cambridge, Cambridge Public Library, Easter, Haiti, Inception, Leonardo DiCaprio, library, Spring, yoga
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Happy Birthday House
Twenty years ago this week we bought the house where I live, a typically Cantabridgian, convoluted piece of real estate. It is a single building with a mammoth party wall; three flats on one side and a three story ‘owner’s’ … Continue reading