Long breakfast at Bob’s. Review of Karen trip to New Mexico with Dorothy Nelson Talked further about shutting down the physical gallery. Time to explore online exhibition software.
Ship going up the Hudson. Saw top of the ship over the Promensde when we came down State St. Caught it at foot of Front.
Worked more on Angry (Old) White Man essay. Continue reading
Got to sleep at 2:30am after picking Karen up at Albany airport. Woke up at 7:30. Couldn’t go back to sleep so I got up.
Spent some time working on H-C. Most of day taken up with Angry (Old) White Guy essay. Listened to more Chomsky, some Stiglitz lectures.
Took Dima Dimov picture to UPS for shipment to relatives in Canada.
Lamb chops for dinner w two color chopped cabbage salad.
Watched two more sessions of Icelandic TV serial Case.
High putter day.
Hudson-Creative meeting at 6pm. Only 7 attendees but good meeting nevertheless. Confirmed strategy of developing some programming.
Banana waffles.
Sunday morning painting across the street. Temp. maybe 45 degrees
Walk up Warren St. to 7th. Ran into Gail Peachin again outside her store.
Then back down Prison Alley. Might be a good photo project to take pictures of fronts of buildings on Warren matched to their rears on the alley.
Unusual view of this church. Doesn’t look like this close up from Farmers market or Fifth St.
Karen found purple lights, this year’s Winter Walk designated color for our block. Did minimal job.
Breakfast with Esther and Rose Hanig. They talked a lot.
a moment of brightness.
Puttered around the rest of the day.
Mexican Radio, Schenectady, NY
Drove to Schenectady for a play at Proctors. Dinner at Mexican Radio. Mark Young came by and chatted pretty extensively.
Proctors
Drove back to Hudson in just under 2 hours. Very fast ~80 mph almost the entire way. No pit stops.
Felt poopy the rest of the day. Perhaps sensing the depression at Ed’s house. He doesn’t seem engaged in things…
Went to eye doctor in the afternoon. Schedule cataract operation for 2/7/2017. Right eye.
Needed these after eye doctor visit….
At New Providence
Went to high school football game. For the first time in the ten or more years we have been going to this traditional Turkey Day contest between Governor Livingston HS and New Providence, GL was ahead when we arrived and finished the game 40-23. 
Half-time score….
Roland and Andrea came from next door for dinner.
Worked on Our Situation letter series.
Stopped in library before UTM mtg, finished Attention Merchants by Tim Wu
Then off to UTM meeting with Cameron and Hilary Melville at KASH Meeting lasted until 3:30 Everyone seemed pleased.
Drove to Berkeley Heights for Thanksgiving.
Arrived 6:30. Went to bed before Maggie showed up at 10:30 or so. Ed seems depressed
The dog is clearly on its last legs.
New blood pressure cuff for CMH project.
Full day of work for UTM getting ready for Melville presentation tomorrow.
Dinner st Dave Drake’s new apartment on New St in Catskill. SJ Williams and Pauline Decarmo came with us. Lots of talk about movies and books. Reviewed yesterday’s movie Moonlight.
Dave’s apartment looks well fitted out including space for his painting work.
Drove to Albany with Karen for visit with Dr. Rivard about hydrocele in left testicle. After one look and heft he said he wouldn’t try to talk me out of the operation. Now scheduled for 1/28/2017.
Started reading The Attention Merchants 
Went to movie, Moonlight. Very good.
Fire station Delaware Ave. Albany NY
UTM telecon on the way back. Seth is possessed about Wednesday meeting with Melvilles. Talked further w Gayle Gendron about a couple of slides about benefits and marketing.
Watched first of six part tv series The Night Manager.