2/1/2021 – Monday – snow early

Snow forecast

Got up at 3:30 am for ibuprofen for hip. It had started snowing several hours before forecast.

Scanned a bunch of old photos. Andrea and Mark bringing paint back to 266 Western Ave during Great Blizzard of ‘78 in Cambridge.

UTMH – meeting with OSPLabs. Possible new software developer.

Spoke with Matt Almeida.
3pm. Snow

Lots of work on OldDodgeVan.com.

5 pm more snow.
Orton sibling chat. I recalled a summer debate between Torrey and Father when he was 16 or so over whether the phrase “general consensus” was a redundant phrase.

1/29/2021 – Friday – moving family history project to OldDodgeVan.com

7 degrees at 6:30am

Drove to Greenbush with Karen to dermatology appointment. Worked on UTMH docs in car.

Spent rest of morning working in the sun room Too cold to heat up the factory.

Talked with Anita Harris.

Tennis with Ted at Chatham. Drinks with Esther.

Started process of moving the content of markorton.com to olddodgevan.com . 8 GB of data – 3 hours of upload time.

New iPad mini was delivered at 8:30pm

More Jack Irish tv series.

1/28/2021 – Thursday – more old photos

More work on scanning old photos. Jonathan and Andrea in the loft bedroom 266 Western ~1977.

Helped Linda with her online grocery shopping.

Brief chat with Ryder and Erin at UTMH

Tennis lesson. Offense, Neutral, Defense. No noticeable pain.

Made a ton of roasted veggie gorp with sausage. Spicy. 6 lbs leftover.

Drinks with Karen. Moving family history project to olddodgevan.com

More Jack Irish series.

1/24/2021 – Sunday

Listening to Slow Burn. Old podcast series about Nixon and Watergate.

Tennis with Ted. Very good rhythm.

Spoke with Miranda about Advisory Board meeting. She went on with stories that brought doubt her willingness to serve as President. She was really relieved when I told her I intended to stay on.

Made dinner.