Tag Archives: Ellen Feldman

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.

1/16/2021 – 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.

4/19/2020 – Sunday NY Times, Zoom with family and friends, walk…..

Bought Sunday NYTimes paper. it included a separate section on Quarantine Parenting. Travel section was 4 pages, similar for Sports. Made whole wheat pancakes. Think I will experiment with half and half next week.

Visited Walmart for shopping and prescription.

Longish letter to Walter Stitt in production.

Visited with Leiden crew at 12:30. Good visit. The top floor house project is moving slowly. Only two guys working on it. No Andrea and her crew. Not even a note that they wouldn’t attend. I’m not surprised. Reflects her long term priorities.

Out for a walk…..2pm. Down to river and back up the 2nd st. Stairs, up Allen beyond the court house then home down Warren. Many, many more people out and about. Warm weather. Feels very Spring like. Continue reading →

7/14/2019 – tennis, pig roast, DOG, drinks with David Drake

Sunday

Oatmeal for breakfast. Sunday NY Times on paper. Ellen Feldman.

Tennis with Ted at 11am. Played quite well. Won set 6-1.

The wrist somewhat less troubled. Got to focus on remedial work to get it back in shape. Watched lots of YouTube videos about wrist pain yesterday. Clearly I am suffering from DeQuervain’s syndrome. Found diagnostic maneuver that demonstrates this. Eichoff’s Test. Lots of approaches to resolving this problem. Cold, massage, stretching, strengthening….

Drove out to Claverack to Anna (Rachminov) and Allan Chapin’s estate for a Bastille Day Pig Roast. Multiple barns, huge house. Two pigs roasted. Lots of people we didn’t know. Karen spent a lot of time talking with a new person Catherine Dodge Smith. She has a complicated history as an actress then photographer, journalist, activist. I caught up with Carol Rusoff and her 12 yr old grand daughter.

Got back to gallery by 4pm. Guy came in gallery looked around and then came back just before closing to buy a piece of fabric art.

Drinks at Swoon with David Drake.

7/13/2019 – farmers market, tennis, DOG, closing reception

Saturday

Late rising time. Went to Farmers Market with Ellen Feldman. Played tennis with Ted. Wrist still troubling. Need to figure out how to address this. Ellen says ice right after exercise.

DOG closing reception from 5 to 7pm. Lots of people including some regulars. Sold one Lickona piece. Ted and Anne came by. Went next door to BCB Art to see sculpture by a colleague.  

7/12/2019 – work, tooth cleaning, HAL mtg., drinks

Friday

Breakfast at Bob’s followed by shopping. UTMH – write new collateral about billing process, Troy Web telecon. Talk with Matt Almeida. Tooth cleaning. Looks like another tooth in upper left is infected and should be extracted.

Send this note and pictures to Ted and Chad Silver in ref a conversation we had after doubles night on Tuesday.

Subject: Warhol and the Last Supper
Chad and Ted,
Here are some pictures of this work now at The School in Kinderhook. Chad, you are right about the materials.
 
This might be my favorite Last Supper. But I also really like the Tintoretto version. Looks like a bunch of inebriates hanging out.
 

 

HAL Fundraising Committee meeting at Miranda Barry’s house. New member, Charlie Whittingham, experience fundraiser. He dove right in. Theresa Parsons, Gary Sheffer and David Murphy also participated. Charlie will bring some fresh eyes to our issues.

Ellen Feldman arrived for a weekend visit. Ted and Anne came over for our biweekly drink. Lots of talk about Paris since Ellen has just returned from her three month stay there.

Thursday – 2/23/2017

Tooth appointment at 8am. Discussions of the loose tooth. First mention that an implant might be possible. Cost?? Usefulness??

Ellen Feldman spent most of the day working with Karen on various projects.

Drove meandering through Catskill. It really has a better housing stock of the old buildings than Hudson.

Methodist Church
Methodist Church

UTM telecon with Vilat Keomoungkhoun from IndoorAtlas. They seem not to have any capacity to develop apps to actually use their IPS services. Big opportunity for us. He is meeting with Cintel in Barcelona next week and will show our app to them. Yahoo in mid-March. Knows other opportunities including Simon Group biggest shopping mall owner in US. Seth and Ole participated.

Final work on HAL volunteer website. Went to library to talk with Emily. Ran into Theresa Parsons, her step-son, a psychotherapist,  and his two little boys.

Karen went off to meetings in Saugerties. Arrived back at 9:30 or so. Had Chinese food from Red Chopsticks. Couldn’t eat but half.

Red Chopsticks, Warren St.

Red Chopsticks, Warren St. Don’t know what that round wooden wall hanging means or not?

Wednesday – 2/22/2017

Up early to get to Fish and Game Rd CMH Physical Therapy by 7:39am. Hour long session with Susan Sheldon to treat my vertigo. Charming, thorough, and very practiced. She does 8-10 Epley Maneuvers a week. An hour later I was well on my way to bring cured. 

Felt kind of buzzed for the rest of the day. 

Worked on Fundamentals of Capitalism essay for Jonathan. Also more work on UTM marketing strategy. 

Brief walk up the street.

Wide pine boards being as;caged from Savoia bldg.

Ellen Feldman came to work with Karen. Cooked chicken for dinner. 

Went to bed early. Very tired.