Date: July 12, 2023 at 8:15:25 PM EDT
Weather: 77°F Mostly Cloudy
Location: 1811 Old Kings Hwy, Saugerties, New York, United States
after tennis….
Spoke with Joe Keenan about his consulting practice.
Walked to library. Got Michael Chameides’ email address from Emily.
NuLink Health meeting…..
15,187 steps.
Light snow.
Zoom with Sunday brunch group.
Lunch time Zoom with Leiden. Continue reading
More work on Things That Matter essay.
Library matters. The personnel policy fiasco. Met with Emily to plan for special board meeting.
Bernie Sanders is all the rage for his old winter coat and mittens. Continue reading
HAL – write note to board about personnel policies.
Received cartoon from Toni Koweek. 
Appointment with Dr Pregont about my knees, especially my left knee. He has questions about where the pain was and then he felt around and pressed on the knee in various directions. At his direction I flexed my knee various directions. Then he looked over at the x-rays and said well this confirms what the x-rays told me. You have arthritis in both knees.
I asked him what I need to do to preserve my knees as long as possible. He said that I should go on doing what I I have been doing. Playing tennis,walking, keeping active. He spoke of Cortizone shots in the future if needed. Gave me referral to PT.
Got hit in the eye during volleying drill. Held racquet up on edge in front of my face. Ball smacked my glasses bending the frame. Drew a little blood. 
Zoom with Bill and Nancy. She spoke briefly but in ten minutes she was slumped back.
more work on this very slow framing job….
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.
Sunday NYTimesShort 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.
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!
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.
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.
Group Photos project. Made it back to 2004. Need Karen to help out.
UTMH team meeting.
Talk with Carol Pledger and Emily about family health insurance. Big financial implications.
Karen made meatloaf.
Woke up to a classic winter scene. Fluffy snow over night comobined with no wind. Continue reading