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Category Archives: 114 Warren
12/25/2020 – Friday – Christmas
Very slow day for us. First time we didn’t put any decorations up.
Ran stopped in the morning. Almost all of the snow was gone. Walked down to the Promenade to look at the river. Flooding.
only slightest sign of the almost 2 feet of snow.
12/19/2020 – Saturday – snow clearing
The city came through with their snow blower and dump trucks.
I did some clean up in the back yard.
We had Zoom drinks with Ted and Anne because of some virus exposure on their side. Walking with the next door neighbor and her dog.
12/17/2020 – Thursday – snow storm
Over night almost 22 inches of snow fell. This is as much snow as we had all last winter.
Breakfast view
Neighbor Steve blowing snow up the whole block.
Strange occurrence at breakfast
When I picked up my coffee cup I noticed it was dripping down the side. On closer examination it was weeping through the side of the cup. Further tests showed that the weeping action occured in the reverse direction, outside in. When tapped on the table it gave the characteristic dull sound of a cracked cup. Micro fractures in action.
Tennis lesson at 2:30pm
12/1/2020 – Tuesday – leaks, reference sources
Woke up this morning to this article headline in the Guardian. Torrey reported just last night that there have been no new cases in Victoria for 28 days and no new deaths. He refers to this as a “double donut”.
Water dripping from sink front.
Saw this photo of a book carousel. Mindful of the dictionary carousels that were on a vertical axis, too. My resource access strategy is on the right.
The leak under the kitchen sink required two trips to Lowes for parts. The discovered that the threads on the drain assembly are stripped. New drain. Might as well buy a whole new drain, dishwasher stem, J trap assembly…..
4/30/2020 – 7/1/2020
I have not felt motivated to write much during this period. The pandemic and its associated tribulations interfere.
We’ve been quite busy with socializing mainly virtually but with warm weather outdoors chiefly people’s backyards. We’ve moved our drinks with Ted and Anne to our backyards on a weekly schedule. Dave Drake has come by for food a number of times. He is working his way through a myriad of curry dishes. Zoom meetings weekly with Esther Hanig, Ellen Feldman, Dave Drake, the Orton siblings, the Leiden crew.
With less regularity Andrea and company have Zoomed and appeared here physically. Though we have seen Noah and Nyla twice now in the backyard once including Noah’s girlfriend Kiara Guyton. Andrea actually talked with us for almost two hours in a singe stretch. Probably my longest conversation with her in decades. Nyla wrote a great high school essay, “Aunt Jemima Ain’t Chure Mammy”
4/18/20 – Saturday – library, exercise……
Up early. Listened to Only a Game podcast.
HAL Board of Trustees mtg – active, happy meeting. Received $58,500 PPP money from SBA. Good for 2 1/2 months salaries etc. Lots of talk about new fundraising strategies. Emily made extensive report on our online library programming.
Went to Letterbox Farm to pickup order of eggs and greens.
Karen participated in Balance for Seniors from the library. I did my exercises for the first time in weeks.
Ordered grab bars and other bathroom stuff from Amazon. This will allow us to make the first floor bathroom safe for us to shower in. Short term fix without all of the work planned for a walk in shower.
Karen made meatloaf and sautéed spinach. We drove a portion over to Dave Drake. Had lengthy drinks with Ted and Anne.
Watched the first 30 minutes of China Moon (1995). Gave up at that point. Back to Person of Interest
3/18 – 4/7/2020 – Coronavirus Isolation
Wednesday 3/18/2020
Hudson Area Library closes; all programs stop.
Friday 3/20/2020
Gov. Cuomo announces shit down of all non-essential businesses.
Saturday 3/21/2020
HAL hold first online Board of Trustees meeting; library closed
Tuesday 4/7/2020
Today marks the end of the third week of isolation. Excepting for a couple of trips to the grocery, bank, and liquor store we have had no contact with any one closer than 6 feet.
Walks
Fortunately for us we have been taking daily walks, sometimes lengthy enough to be called hikes. It has been remarkable how few people we see during these walks. You might think that people would be getting out for exercise, air, nature…. maybe this reflects how sedentary we have become as a society. Our walks have mainly featured a route up Warren St. around the hospital and then back down the hill to home – about 2.5 miles (4K). We have extended and varied this to make it both longer and more challenging.
Here are reports for a few.
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.
9/23/2019 – UTMH and flower bed
Spent most of the morning and early afternoon doing UTMH chores. Shipped new conference backdrop and flyers to Chicago.
Then screwed together boards for first flower bed. Finished digging out the flat spot, leveling the frame, and then back filling with the excavated soil. Off to Lowes for 5 big bags of top soil – 2 cu. ft. Very heavy. Used some of the soil to fill in around the new stairs to the patio. More follow.
Steak for dinner. A rarity. Very good flavors. Cooked on thrill outside. Second time since last Spring. Sat out on action for smoke afterwards.
