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Monday, October 08, 2018

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day

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As a kid, I – of course – loved Columbus Day. No school. Generally decent weather. A much needed break after 4-5 weeks of having a ton of no...
Friday, October 05, 2018

It’s all going to pot? Not if the good citizens of Charlton Mass can help it.

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For whatever reason, I’ve been listening to a lot of Willie Nelson lately. And for whatever reason, one of the tunes I’m most enjoying is “I...
Thursday, October 04, 2018

Cubbies Post an L (Sorry, not sorry)

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My fear for October has been that we’d end up with a World Series between the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago Cubs. This was a remote fear: I...
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Wednesday, October 03, 2018

Shake, shake, shake

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I’ve lived through a couple of pretty minor earthquakes. Decades ago, my husband and I were in a hotel room in San Diego when there was a s...
Tuesday, October 02, 2018

“7 Over 70”

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About 15% of the U.S. population is over the age of 65 and older. I(gulp) am one of them. And 14 months from now – kinehora – I will be glid...
Monday, October 01, 2018

Working retail

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If I were the praying type, I’d utter a little prayer of thanks each day that I’m not one of those older folks who has to work retail. The ...
Friday, September 28, 2018

Just exhausted…

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Yesterday, I didn’t watch it. Other than for a few minutes, toward the end of the day. I followed it on Twitter, off and on. I watched bits ...
Thursday, September 27, 2018

Ashes to ashes…

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A month or so before my husband’s death, we talked about where Jim would like his ashes to land. We came up with a list of places where I wo...
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Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Ah, no, thank you

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I am no one’s idea, let alone Mark Zuckerberg’s idea, of a Facebook fan. Unlike several of my friends – very tech savvy friends, I will note...
Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Rah, Rah, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (Go, Alex Hattori!)

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Except for a couple of nights in early February, when the Beanpot Tournament pits the hockey teams from BC, BU, Harvard and Northeastern aga...
Monday, September 24, 2018

Jaws

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Early this summer, a fellow swimming in Truro nearly lost his life to a great white. And then, about a week ago, a young guy boogie boarding...
Friday, September 21, 2018

A real Masshole story…

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It ain’t over ‘til it’s over, but as I sit here writing this post on Wednesday evening, it doesn’t look like this is going to be the night w...
Thursday, September 20, 2018

When you want to bag your baggage

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Years ago – make that decades ago – bus stations,train stations, and aiport terminals had lockers where you could store your luggage. Then t...
Wednesday, September 19, 2018

As a gray hair AND an old head…

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At 68, I’m still working a bit, taking small writing projects when they come my way. God knows I couldn’t actually live on what I make, bu...
Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Plastics

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In an iconic scene from an iconic movie ( The Graduate ), Benjamin – played by Dustin Hoffman – is advised by a friend of his parents to pur...
Monday, September 17, 2018

Hail, Columbia, the “gem” of the natural gas providers

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There is natural gas in this building – it powers the communal dryer and water heater – but I don’t have any in my unit. I considered gettin...
Friday, September 14, 2018

Location, location, location

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My dry cleaners has an autographed picture of Leonardo DiCaprio on the wall near the register. The dry cleaners – re-facaded as a French res...
Thursday, September 13, 2018

Cursive on the comeback?

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One of the young assistants at my gym/PT place – I float in and out of fitness and physical therapy – is applying to grad school, and he ask...
Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Loss Prevention

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A deli-counter worker at a Giant Eagle grocery in Ohio has confessed to scarfing down 3-5 pieces of ham (and an occasional slice of salami) ...