Category Archives: Friends

Sunday – 1/15/2017

Read Sunday NYTimes.

Walk at Art Omi.

The 5 architects presentation was vacuous. Lots of new sculpture along with some favorites. Very nice weather.

Demo

Back to Hudson for a demonstration in support of Obamacare at the 7th St. Park. Organized by the County Democrats. Started on time, well organized, reasonably fervent.

Potluck Dinner at Rasners.

Cooked Indian dishes. New guy in charge of Olana with his partner. Miranda Barry and Charlotte??. OK evening, but these are not people with whom we are socially at ease with.

Wednesday – 1/11/2017

Late start. Snowman has suffered significant melting over night. Angry about mess in house and packing up DOG shipments. Worked on notes from HAL mrktg comm meeting yesterday. Went to library in the afternoon. Got new history of the American revolution, Common Cause.

Saw Ted Dewsnap and Anne in library. Discovered that I was scheduled to play tennis that night.

Got to tennis early. 15 minutes of extra warm up. Played very well. Last tennis until the end of February.

Monday – 1/9/2017

Up early. Snowman still standing. After breakfast worked on DOG website forms most of day.

Drove to Spectrum movie theater in Albany with Dave Drake to see LaLaLand. Movie redeemed itself with last ten minute flashback.

Had Brian Flach’s bratwurst for dinner.

Saturday – 1/7/2017

Left for NYC at 7:40am. Breakfast at West Taghkanic Diner. Was snowing heavily by the time we got to Mt. Vernon on way to Queens Museum. Somehow we had not checked the forecast. Turned around. We’ll skip Noah’s basketball game. Back in Hudson just after noon.

Spent most of afternoon working on lightbox plugins for new DOG site.

Took walk up Warren in what seemed to be really cold temperatures though it was only 22 degrees. Went to art opening at 510 Warren. George Spencer.

Drink at Spotty Dog in honor of Pauline Decarmo’s 51st birthday.

Ended evening watching the pilot for TV series 30 Rock.

Friday – 1/6/2017

PT w Anna Marie Zeitsmann. Reviewed my home exercises in detail.

Talked w Matt Almeida. UTM meeting with Seth and Ole cancelled because David A went home early not feeling well

Hudson HS Girls basketball at Coxsackie-Athens HS at 7pm. Score was 25-4 after first period, final score 79-27. Game over at 8:05pm

Stopped at Rive Gauche in Athens for drink with Dave Drake.

Thursday – 12/29/2016

Utility trucks anticipating snow storm at Bob’s.

Breakfast at Bob’s Diner followed by shopping at Price Chopper. Started snowing before we headed home.

9am snow begins.

Back home in time for telecon with Nicole Marsalis about her resume. She is trying reenter the workforce after 12 yr. hiatus. Introduced her to functional resume.

Walked to library in snow fall, spent rest of morning working on blog post about gig economy in the academy. Talked with library volunteer Ellen Henderson about winter and falling. Library staff give her a ride in bad weather . She is 92 yrs old.

Had soup at Cascades. Home in time to talk with Brigid Dorsey about her pro formas. Then refused and talked again.

Walked to dinner with Ted Dewsnap and Anne Bertrand at their house on Worth Ave. Dinner is thanks for Karen’s lecture this Fall. Home by 10:15pm

Sunday – 12/18/2016

Steady rain until 11am. Gallery opened. 3 people all day. Closed at 6pm. End of DOG as it has been for six years. We continue talk about new web-based gallery. Maybe with a satellite brick and mortar gallery occasionally or Saturday’s

Drove to Athens for drink with Dave Drake.

Saturday – 11/26/2016

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

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Tuesday – 11/22/2016

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.

Sunday – 11/13/2016

On the sidewalk…..

Sunday morning walk up Warren. Stopped to talk with Scott Neven, Sarah Sterling, and Gail Peachin. Talked about antique center at LB bldg. Forthcoming pop up show by Sarah, Gayle, and ?? fullsizerender-2
Gallery sat until 3pm. Worked on angry old white guy essay. Four people came in. Three from Prison Public Memory Project. Karen is on the Board. We will host a fundraiser 12/11.

Went to practice tennis. Focused on keeping eye on the ball until the racket strikes the ball.

Paul Stewart was visiting gallery when I came back. Unusual guy. Very bright. Very tightly wound.

Sent link for my Wednesday essay to about 50 people

Went to Wunderbar for dinner. Watched 1 qrtr of Patriots game.

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