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Sunrise, Sunset


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Not Boston


Taken with an iPhone and of middling quality, this shot still captures our Florida view.

Back to Boston early tomorrow morning.

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In a Sunshine State


I’ve eaten more bagels in the past three days than I have since–well, since last spring break, which was the last time I visited my father-in-law and his wife in south Florida.  Behind me surf crashes on the sand fourteen floors below;  looking west through the condo dusky orange and purple bands mark the sun’s [...]

The Wild Western Suburbs


A noise outside woke me at 3 am today.  We sleep with open windows all-year and I knew this noise came from outside.  I lay quietly for a minute, then heard it again:  sharp howls coming from the direction of a nearby wooded area.  Coyotes.   They continued, interspersed with yips and barks, for another [...]

News from the Base


Josh Skyped last night from his base in Honduras.  After three weeks he is settling in to the job and to life on the base.  He was having a quiet night to get up early for what he called an “MW&R” trip.  “MW&R?” we asked. “Morale, Welfare, and Relaxation” Josh replied.  Everything’s an acronym or [...]

Is Ginga Vitis Related to Vitas Gerulaitis?


I spent a few hours today in the periodontist’s chair.  I was injected, inspected, and disinfected, draped and scraped, inverted and squirted, sliced and iced, stitched and hitched to my periodontist for follow-up appointments.  I’ve had an ice bag duct-taped to my jaw for the past six hours.  If it looks like I’m hiding a [...]

“On Learning Italian”


Nate’s most recent post is must-read–and I speak only one language.  It will resonate with anyone who learned as an adult to speak a new language.

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