Driving across the Mass Ave bridge this morning I was struck by Boston in the fog. Everything looks a little otherwordly. What I wasn’t able to capture was the tiny while sails dotting the Charles. I love this city with my whole heart. Email this post
Update. Two hours at the Mt Auburn ER last night. They wanted to stitch the cut but they couldn’t because apparently stitching straight through a nail (which they would have had to do) is a really big deal. Instead I got some “glue” and some steri-strips, plus a nice big bandage which makes texting really [...]
What is it with my fingers and knives? I sliced my thumb across the blade of a sharp carving knife today as I was washing it. So much blood it looked like a murder had taken place in my kitchen sink. I don’t think of myself as a clumsy person but I seem to do [...]
So, I have hardly run in about two weeks. This morning I did just 4 miles, and every single step was an effort. Have a steep hill ahead to climb. Once again, was drifting through memories as each song took me to a different past time:Rocky Mountain High – Watching fireworks at Aspen in March [...]
Some pictures from the Exeter reunion that I found on the school website. Nice memories of visiting with Gloria, Schuyler, and many others. As I was reading the alumni bulletin today the black-and-whiteness of life really struck me. The back pages list deaths, marriages, births. There in simple black type on white pages you seem [...]
As a person, this candor and sensitivity makes her simultaneously bold and fragile, so filled with the fire of life and the darkness of the human condition that she confuses most people – especially herself. sound like anyone you know? Email this post
Stanford University commencement, Steve Jobs, June 12, 2005 I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I’ve ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories [...]
“Life gives us what we need when we need it. Receiving what it gives us is a whole other thing.” – Pam Houston “If I could tell you one thing, and one thing only, it is that the world is always turning towards the dawn.” – Anonymous “What will happen will happen. Aim for grace.” [...]
Remember the days when I worried Whit would never talk? Well now I worry he will never, ever stop. He wakes up talking and talks until he finally falls asleep at night. He is like a senile older person who reads all the signs as you are riding in a car. The commentary is mundane, [...]
