Category Archives: 2021

1/18/2021 – Monday – lots of chatter

more work on this very slow framing job….

Knees and hips troubling.

Short walk to post office only to find it closed for MLK day.

Work on essay about Jonathan Haidt’s TED talk about origins of moral values and liberals and conservatives. Response to Ellen Feldman.

Arrange HAL Exec Comm mtg.

Talk with Andrea Geyer about help organizing her finances and digital life.

Dave Drake and son Danny came by. Sat for an hour chatting.

Zoom with Linda Larson.

Ruth Tamaroff and Michael O’Hara came got drinks at 5:30. Left just after 7pm. Michael told a very long story about his travels to Willits CA in 1971.

1/17/2021 – Sunday – Noah and Kiara visit.

Sunday NYTimes

Short walk for me; longer walk for Karen. Hips and knees bothering me.

Noah and girlfriend Kiara Guyton came by. Mostly chat about their upcoming semester at Penn. Then brief Zoom with Leiden division before they left. We stayed on for a while. Spoke at some length about the white supremacist fascist insurgence here.

Karen attended some sort of book publishing webinar. I went shopping for a few things for dinner soup.

Made spicy sausage with asparagus confit to go with the butternut squash soup.![](photos/4e1b3854b3daeb5eaf8b0f1af961fa86.jpeg)Dave and Hazel came for dinner at 5pm. Butternut squash soup with confit. Garlic bread. Dave brought homemade butter pecan ice cream.

More George Gently!

1/16/2021 – Saturday – library board meeting, knee problems

HAL BOT mtg.

Talked with Emily about family health insurance for new hire. Then spoke with Caitie Hilverman about board development work and board meeting.

Board meeting was active and engaged. Caitie, Charlie, Annamaria, and others showed real energy.

Tennis with Ted. Knee continues to be troublesome. Good hour.

Made butternut squash soup.

Chat with Anne, Ted, Ellen Feldman. Ted is in Redhook.

1/15/2021 – Friday – Karen gets first COVID 19 vaccination

Karen off to CG Community College for COVID vaccine. Very efficient. 45 minutes.

Shopping at Shoprite. Then I went off to Shoprite again for forgotten cranberry juice. Gas up car. Bank for cash. Wine. Nap.
Esther chat. Always buoyant and entertaining.

More George Gently.

1/14/2021 – Thursday Blood tests and tennis

Blood tests at CMH. No one there at 7:30am

Searched for post office receipts for book shipments. Karen is upset that it appears that the 12/31/30 shipments haven’t arrived. I threw them out earlier this week.

Finished up complete list of all significant travel since 1974.Doesn’t include brief one day jaunts. Updated Timeline on website.

UTMH work – doc team.

Tennis lesson. Surprisingly my achy knee doesn’t trouble much during the session. Knee problems greatly exacerbated by 30 minute video worko0ut session with Karen. Too much jumping up and down reptitively in the same position,

Showed Karen my Group Photos project. And the Timeline. Much work remains.

Chinese food from Red Chopstick.

More George Gently.