Let’s start this historic week with a return to NBC/MSNBC’s 2020 “PlanYourVote” soundtrack. The stirring intro to “Robert Henry” by The Westerlies has a Pavlovian effect on me. When I hear it, and walk to the garage to drive to our polling place. youtu.be/D4aTlPjra…
My favorite night of our wonderful annual trip to drop off Maddie was dinner at Sail Loft followed by ice cream at Dockside in a tiny coastal village in S Dartmouth MA called Padanaram. New Bedford was nice enough and offered an easy ferry to Martha’s Vineyard. We even enjoyed our evening in Amsterdam NY on the first leg of the journey. You need some highlights on any trip that marks the official end of an amazing summer with your kids.
On Sunday I ran to Zeibarth’s driveway and walked back, three doors down. Then yesterday I ran a similar distance as part of a long walk to the lake and back. A lovely bike ride on the Towpath was the centerpiece of our afternoon. So the long road in the direction of “fitness” — my only goal really is get back on the tennis court. — began on 9/1/24.
Wonderful. Thank you @gregbarber.bsky.social.
Because I’m an historian and a snoop, and because she resembled her, I thought she might be the woman who taught me typing in high school. The newspaper obituary was limited so I went to the funeral home obit for more. My sleuthing expertise paid off. I realized during the math portion of my exercise that I’m not in high school anymore — I’m 63. My Mrs. Reardon would have been close to 150 years old.
The only thing that could improve my standard early morning summer Sunday on the porch would be the Alcaraz-Djokovic Olympic final. And it was spectacular.
