Got up at 7:30. Went CMH for presurgery physical with PA Jeanne Pierce. Uneventful.
Read at library. Talked with a Seth from UTM about CMH RPM app. Walked home for telecon w Gabe Zinn. Postponed. Talked w Matt Almeida.
Hudson HS girls basketball game against Chatham at home. First time at a game at home. Turned out to be quite competitive until last quarter. Game ended at 48-32. Very unlike earlier game that they won something like 79-43. 
A quick run down the screen on your smartphone reveals the range of activities at the Hudson Area Library. We won’t mention here all of the other groups using the Community Room for their meetings and events. Then take a look at the January ’17 E-Newsletter at the bottom.
BTW – you can sign up for the HAL e-newsletter here.
Snowman has melted completely. Breakfast at Bob’s Diner. Delayed by phone call from Albany Med about next week’s surgery. Breakfast a bit rushed by sudden call from Ole Breuning in Denmark. Walmart shopping because Karen needed to visit pharmacy.
Wrote Program Marketing Process piece for mrktg comm. Revised UTM:IPS pricing sheet for Ole. Took nap.
Karen taught first class of her online photo course. 6 – 8:30. Nine students.
Poached pork loin Very good method. Watched Youtube video on installing vinyl flooring. Wish I had seen this before I did the office floor.
continued to watch documentary on OJ Simpson
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.
Snowman still standing. Missed call from Albany Med for presurgery checkin w nurse. No call back all day.
Talked with JoeTheGrower Giangrande. Very negative guy. Sent email to Mary Ann Johnson at HVADC about the call. Ball is in his court.
Continued work on new DOG virtual website. Very successful HAL marketing committee mtg. Late lunch at Cascades.
Talk witb Brigid Dorsey. She will probably go out of business. Bartlett House people not responding. 7pm reconnect with Susan Weseen about her granola business. She is smart and thoughtful.
Watched an hour of tv series OJ Made in America with. Then Obama’s fairwell address from Chicago.
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
PT with Corey Smith. Took boxes to UPS. Played with new camera.
From Columbia St.
Telephoto from Columbia St.
Went to library. Published a posting, “A Note on Jobs & Unemployment” (http://currentmatters.markorton.com/2016/12/a-note-on-jobs-unemployment/). At Karen’s suggestion left out paragraph about adjunct professors in the universities.. Might expand that into seperate posting.
Karen decorated some stuffed animals.
Neuron
This arrived in the mail from the Prison Policy Initiative.
Woke up to snow. Final depth by 11 or so approx 5 inches. Took a slow walk up Warren to Farmers Market.
We keep taking these somewhat less than favorable selfies.
Opened DOG. I worked on HAL stuff then read Brigid Dorsey’s BP. She came by at 5pm.
Made farro with vegetables to go with leftover mushroom carrot loaf.
Watched two parts of Goliath tv series with Billy Bob Thornton. Excellent. 
Temperature at 7 am.
Karen went to NYC. I worked on the volunteer management system for most of the morning. Brief conversations w Matt Almeida and Brigid Dorsey.
Left DOG closed
Walked up to CMH for UTM mtg about the remote patient monitoring project. Very cold still. Mtg lasted until 4pm.
Walked down to Farmer & Sons for HAL drinks with Board candidate Gary Sheffer. Miranda, Tessy, Carol Pledger & Lisa Dolan attended. He will add a lot to the Board.
Karen returned at 8:30pm
Cold weather is here. 21 degrees at 7am. Probably the high for the day. PT with a new person because Corey unavailable. She added new exercises. Also suggested moving computer screen closer to prevent craning of neck. Continue reading