Last weekend was an interesting mix of the melancholy and the celebratory. First, on Friday, I'd bought a ticket to see Alaska Thunderf*ck's "Red 4 Filth" tour. But I found out that the ticket I bought didn't actually guarantee me a seat (standing room unless I showed up early enough) and I'd had a busy …
Do all the things, pt. 2
Sunday had been a lot, so I was happy to have a day at home, recovering. Monday, Carol and I got up, had breakfast, and she headed into town to explore. I don't think much memorable happened that night, I think we ordered a pizza and watched the news and various TV things. Tuesday, we …
Do all the things
OK, still catching up, now we're up to the end of October, beginning of the month. This first year of widowhood is very much a process of just figuring it out as we I go along. C and I have always enjoyed a monthly string of events starting in late August and going through Valentine's …
Be Our Guest!
I've got so much going on this week I thought I'd better at least quickly write about the QUO concert a couple of weekends ago before it got lost in the mists of time. [edit: and I started this draft days ago and am just now getting back to it.] As I mentioned before, we …
Quickiepost
just some notes for later delving. I played an orchestra concert! I saw a production of "The Gondoliers"! My college buddy Carol is visiting from San Francisco and we're doing All the Things. Yesterday we explored Brooklyn and went to a drag show, and we have upcoming Broadway show (Into the Woods) and movie planned. …
Sweater Weather
Or, Sweater Weather 2022, since I've probably used that as a blog title before. Loving this weather, I must say. It's going to be turtlenecks and pullovers for a while. Boy, am I glad I got that comforter on the bed, I've needed it. Heat has been on, but intermittently. Let's see... Looking back through …
Travels with my father
My dad is 87 years old, but despite some very specific medical issues popping up here and there, is in terrific shape. He regularly takes 3-mile walks with my brother, eats right, and is cognitively right there. He (we) lost my mom two years ago, and then COVID hit, of course, but he is doing …
Fall into Fall
So, back to real life - but with this lovely weather! One weird thing though is that there's a brief window at the beginning of fall (before the heat turns on mid-October) and mid-spring (when the heat turns off again) where it's the coldest in the apartment it ever gets. So it's now, not February, …
So long and thanks for all the fish
So the idea that had ended up blossoming into this whole trip was, 'maybe I should go to Provincetown for my birthday'. And here it was, Sunday, my birthday. I wasn't particularly excited about it being my birthday, not a a milestone this time, and no honeyman to take me out to dinner or make …
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Saturday: no specific plans, got up, did my coffee and reading and internets, got cleaned up. First breakfast at the Brass Key - self-serve buffet, including little individual spinach souffles, very nice. Lots of groups of boys chatting, although I sat alone. Then to the common room of my building to blog and do research …
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