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4/27/2018 – library Board cocktail party

Thursday

Miranda Barry organized this party at Club Helsinki for HAL Board members current and past.

Kimberly Irwin, new Board member met up with Sharon Getty, past member. Teary reunion. Sharon was Kimberly’s grade school teacher.

Theresa Parsons looks on as Sharon Getty and Kimberly Irwin get reconnected.

Theresa Parsons and David Murphy

Brenda Shufelt, Anna Rachminov, Ginger Benedict

Janet Schnitzer, Ken Kraus

Tessy Keller, Gwen Gould, Lisa Dolan

Ginger Benedict, Emily Chameides, Anna Rachminov, Brenda Shufelt

Carol Pledger, MMO, Brigid Dorsey

Monday – 2/6/2107

Up promptly – in car and out of Belmont by 7:40am. Back to Hudson by 10:30.

Promised teleconference with UTM evaporated.

Long talk with Brigid Dorsey about her business. She has come around on her own to the need to raise funds from friends and network. Has reached out to Joe Keenan and his daughter Lauren to help with a crowdfunding campaign.

Watched more of the British TV series- The Shadow Line.  Trouble getting to sleep. Need to be up at 5:30 tomorrow to get to hospital for cataract surgery at 6:30am.

Thursday – 2/2/2017

Dr. Rivard. He said everything is healing well. Go back to regular activities. See him in four months.

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Tuesday – 1/10/2017

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. 

Friday – 12/30/2016

Late start. Bad night’s sleep. Ate last of overly spicey leftover frittata. Worked on CurrentMatters, New banner for site; reorganized Our Situation materials. Nap.  Haircut and visit to Walmart. Talked with Brigid Dorsey at 5pm. The Bartlett House people have expressed interest in investing in her business, potential breakthrough.

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

 

Friday- 12/23/2016

Yarn bombed decorations outside Verdigris. Done by the Thursday evening knitting group.

Woke up late. 7:45. Breakfast at Tanzys. Talked about the virtual DOG. Packed up one of sets of pictures from the last show. Looked for pop up layer or note plugin for WordPress. Paid bills. Sent summons from taxi company for last May’s accident to Travelers. Also created projected P&L for Brigid Dorsey. Sent note to Chad Weckler withdrawing from active participation in the makerspace projects, Hudson-Creative. Relieved about that.

Plenty of leftover beef stew.

Saturday- 12/17/2016

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. 

Thursday – 12/8/2016

Up at 7. In factory by 8:30. More work on Angry (Old) White Man essay. Made new library business cards with new logo.

Then started on use case essay for volunteer management software for HAL. Also reviewed more software.

Talked with Brigid Dorsey about revising business plans  

Annual appeal mailed from HAL arrived. Looks very good. 

Made carrot-mushroom loaf for dinner.

Friday – 11/18/2016

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Leaves still waiting…..

Construction just up the street.

Construction just up the street.

Worked on UTM. Talked with Brigid Dorsey for almost an hour. Then Matt Almeida. Walked to Cascades for lunch. Ole Breuning showed up. More UTM talk. 

HAL Program Committee 1pm. Took minutes. Elena Mosley and Lisa Dolan new members. Good discussion. Lasted until 3:30. Picked up Adopt-a-Book – Tim Wu on internet marketing. 

Ended day hanging pictures for DOG Photobook show. Karen very pressed.

Pick up picture clips.

Pick up picture clips.

Watched more of the TV series, The Fall.