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1/9/2020 – jet lag and tennis lesson

Thursday

Slow off the mark. Spoke with Seth in catch up mode about UTMH activities. Big order from a Dr. Petrov in Brooklyn promises to be a game changer.

Tennis lesson with Saif. Rusty but got back into the rhythm until the last ten minutes. My serve was completely awry. Hit 20 or more balls into the net. Finally got a few over.

12/15/2019 – pre-Christmas dinner

Sunday

We had a dinner for 14 people. Dave Drake cooked the duck breast and red cabbage. Karen made various dishes as did Mark. Anne Bertrand-Dewsnap made a desert, others brought wines and hors d’oeuvre. Ed, Meredith, Maggie and Parker came up from NJ. Ted and Anne came too. Pauline Decarmo, Susan???? Unfortunately none of Dave’s kids came.

12/10/2019 – more prostate action and tennis

Thursday

Went to see Dr. Subudhi at CMH. PSA value now 5, up from 4.7 8 months ago. This is following a trend over the last few years of rising PSA numbers. He repeated a DRE and found that he could still feel the small (~1/8 in bump). But given negative results of the August biopsy I am no closer to a conclusive result. He suggests another blood test, 4Kscore. This test provides a good assessment of risk of aggressive cancer versus “indolent”.

Tennis lesson with Saif. Lots of work on backhand and volleying. 3 ball drills coming to the net.

12/7/2019 – DOG Opening – Winter Walk – HAL

Saturday

Esther Hanig is visiting over the weekend.

Saw this iceboat being set up on Warren while walking back from farmer’s market in the morning.

DOG Opening

We held the opening reception for the PhotoBook show with pictures of books and readers at 3pm in order n to to bump into Winter Walk that starts at 5pm. Feared few would show up. Having a couple of locals in the show brought out their posses.

Winter Walk 

Spent most of the time at the library’s History Room store front at 538 Warren.

Gary Sheffer, Miranda Barry, MMO, Jim Hoon