Oh, yeah. Monsoon season is upon us. Monsoon season? In Massachusetts, you ask? Oh, yes indeed. The weather patterns, they are a’changin…and that’s the truth. Now you can pooh-pooh Al Gore & global warming warnings all you like, but the proof, as they say, is in the pudding - or in this particular case, in [...]

That great big glass building in the upper left, in case you didn’t know, is the Prudential or “Pru” Tower. The very top is a restaurant with a revolving floor that allows diners to look out in every direction. The view is downright astonishing. I only go up there a few times a year, and [...]

Just busy, that’s all. Nothing special or exciting - just busy. We had a fundraising reception with a whole bunch of muckety-mucks at the Boston College Club, which is on the 36th (or 39th - I’m not sure) floor of the Bank of America corporate (Boston) headquarters overlooking Boston Harbor, and the view was simply [...]

Hee hee….I guess most of my blogmates are busy celebrating father’s day with DH & the brood. Well, here’s wishing everybody a teriffic day. Me? Well, I guess this is one of the casualties of matrimonius interruptus, so to speak. AND remarrying someone with no offspring. Oh, my kiddos will stop by later on, undoubtedly, [...]

and a pretty severe thunderstorm last night that took down a lot of tree branches, and in some cases, whole trees in our corner of the world. No, I sure am NOT complaining, considering all those awful midwestern storms - I figure we’re pretty lucky. Lucky, too, that as a result of the storm, it’s [...]

Anyone remember Paul Simon’s “Rene and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog After the War”? Now that man can WRITE a song, and that’s the truth. Magritte is my youngest daughter’s middle name.  Her first name is Dana. Magritte means “my little girl”, which is what she will always be, even now that she has her [...]

Well, here I am - back at work yet one more time. I try - oh, how I try - to tell myself how fortunate I am to have a decent job when so many others are out of work in this country, but frankly, it’s difficult to muster up much enthusiasm at 5:30 on [...]