MA
Scrubs
Scrubs – the TV series – ran for 9 seasons, from 2001 to 2010. It was popular, of course – any series that runs that long has to be popular – but I was never a regular viewer. This summer it has become an entertainment respite. Jett has been spending a lot of time in … Continue reading
Rockport and the “George Stone discount”
Jett and I traveled to Rockport MA a week ago, to visit her mother’s grave and to generally enjoy Rockport, her childhood summer home and still one of our favorite places on the planet. Her brother, George Stone, lived there his entire life. He was a bit of a character (an understatement) but a lovable … Continue reading
Extended Stay America
Yesterday was out 60th day in residence at Extended Stay America (ESA) in Westborough MA. The plan is to stay 90 days, then head back to Florida, if Jett is well enough to go back home. I think the chances of that are pretty good – better than 90%. While she is still very ill … Continue reading
Worcester Art Museum
The Worcester Art Museum will never be put in the same category at The Louvre or even Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. However, for an art museum located in a small city, it isn’t bad. Better than I expected. Let’s start with the building itself. It is rather grand. Neo-gothic, I think, with a sunlit … Continue reading
Still puzzling
Since leaving Florida – and pretty much while there all winter – the only jigsaw puzzles that I have done were the computer ones. These are 300 pieces with all the pieces correctly oriented. They are fun, but they are a shadow of a real jigsaw puzzle of 500 pieces or more. So in addition … Continue reading
New Salem Old Home Day
New Salem MA is a *very* small town – fewer than 1,000 residents. The center of the town consists of a few public buildings and maybe 20 houses. There just isn’t much there. But if you ever lived there you are invited to return for the annual “Old Home Day”. Presumably it is intended to … Continue reading
Cloning our life
When Jett and I left Flagler Beach, headed north on Amtrak, we took as many of our belongings as we could carry in one large suitcase and four small shopping bags. A few days after we arrived, I returned to Florida to return the RV to its home base and to collect more of our … Continue reading
Worcester’s EcoTarium
In an effort to get to better know the city where I am doing time this summer – and to, perhaps, make this blog just a little less depressing – I made a brief visit to Worcester’s EcoTarium yesterday. TripAdvisor ranks it as the #2 attraction in Worcester (the #1 attraction, the Worcester Art Museum, … Continue reading
Our family reunited
For a month Jett and I have survived without Rusty. Jett’s son Josh took him from Florida to Virginia so that we could get north on the train (where dogs are not allowed) and took very good care of him. He returned him to us last Friday by driving up from Virginia after we took … Continue reading
First chemo
Jett had her first chemotherapy infusion on Monday. She approached it with a great deal of trepidation. She had, of course, heard all the horror stories of violent upchucking and generally feeling like crap. But she was committed to doing a minimum of one treatment, so Monday morning she got showered and dressed, took a … Continue reading