9:00 AM There’s something particularly good about being in the middle of the morning shower, and seeing the door to the bathroom crack open once, twice and three times–each time successively wider–with the exploring voice of the two year old nephew on the other side of the curtain. And all the better after the third [...]
This Friday, the plan was all set, as further finalized through some surreptitious writing in the new academic plan book. (That kind of writing, I find, is absolutely the best). We wanted to make sure to get at least one full summer beach day–the destination planned to be Horseneck Beach, at the western end of [...]
It’s a rather perfect day outside right now… minimal humidity, bright sunshine and temperature in the low 70s. Really should be out in it, stretching out the biking legs (which have quickly turned into non-biking legs), but there’s still time for that. It’s something to consider that in an hour or so, the procession moving [...]
A lot of responses to the death of Senator Kennedy in this state and city in particular–coming from an appointment at the Mayor’s Office and seeing the tributes to the senator quickly put together behind glass cases and the Mayor being pulled out of meetings for press interviews and reactions. A full life of public [...]
It’s raining steadily mid evening here in Stonington, Maine, with the beading of raindrops against outer windows and some of it making its way through the screen of the open window on my right. Absolutely right as I’m sitting here with feet up on the bay window sill and the lights of a lobster boat [...]
I first sketched out the title of this post to be “Friend and Colleague in Passing,” but it was a little uncomfortably close in double meaning. A few more words, but I think it’s clearer. Good to meet up with friend O (or P since he goes by the last name) who I haven’t seen [...]
There’s something so satisfying about the heavy, mid-afternoon summer rainstorm. Steady sheets of rain enhance and shift everything: the sound of cars going past, the appreciation of the indoors and anticipation of the slower drive for appointments and errands along route 9 this afternoon. Bring it on!
It’s satisfying when you can pick up where you’ve left off, and the momentum carries. Over the past few days, I’ve been working on some education-focused projects for the coming academic year, all of them building off of work from the previous one. They’re all compelling projects that I really think are important, but put [...]
Just thinking that a week ago at this moment, I was perched uncomfortably in my airplane seat (thankfully, an aisle one– thank you Queenie of Feti travel!) somewhere over the Pacific. Boston-bound originating from a Ho Chi Minh City to Hong Kong leg and by way of a Chicago stopover. Probably looking at the watch [...]
Little League Rules in Summer
An article from today’s Wall Street Journal–a good a reason as any to like baseball in late summer. Warm and Snuggly Little League Kids Kept Our Attention Amid the Summer Sports Lull by Jason Gay If the Little League World Series were an animal, it would be a baby seal. It’s undeniably cute and cuddly. [...]