Drove to Sagaponack in the Hamptons on the south fork of the eastern tip of Long Island. 4 hour drive (199 miles). Andrea bought a house here at a bargain price earlier in the year. Arrived for lunch, chats with Andrea, Noah and Nyla, tour of the house and a visit to the beach. Continue reading
Karen still quite sick with a cold. NYTimes with breakfast. Wrote a response to Joe Keenan then posted on currentmatters.markorton.com . “How Much Money Would It Take to Eliminate Poverty in the US.” – Spent much of the morning working on the search function for the volunteer site for the library. Then wrote instructions.
Walked up to Subway for sandwich and salad for our lunch. Stopped along the way to talk with Joan Damiani. Her art production is very high. She said that she sold two paintings in January. “Never happened before, probably won’t happen again. But, energizing.”
Also ranted about Trump.
New use of this term. Store on Columbia near chocolate store/
At 7th St. park. Had a medallion saying it is a Plymouth?
One or then worst looking buildings in Hudson
600 block of Warren. Reminds me of the student sculptures at the library
In front of The Spotty.
Two doors down from The Spotty.
Went on errands and took drive down Kips Lane in Greenport where there is a large trailer park. Deer herd grazing.
At Letterbox Farm
After breakfast shoveled out to barn. Got car stuck on frozen snow bank. Pretty dumb. Got chicken from Letterbox Farm, then prescriptions. Picked up Karen for trip to Verizonwireless store for biannual upgrade. Process was very slow. Came back to manually install from iTunes backup.
Drove to Berkeley Heights for dinner with Ed et al. Maggie especially.
Ed and Maggie had been in Philadelphia for a court hearing on the restraining order by Ms. Chu. End of that craziness.
Talked Trump. Meredith is possessed by this crap. Had tuna melts for dinner.
Returned home by 9:45pm
Late start. Appointment with Dr. Esposito about cataract surgery 2/7. Everything on even keel.
Ignored Trump. Posted HL Mencken quote on Facebook: Continue reading
Avoided turning on the radio for a long time. Denying Trump. Spent much of the morning writing CurrentMatters piece about the election
Also spent a lot of time working on my new approach to the Our Situation essays, letters written to Noah and Nyla.
Talked with Anita Harris in the afternoon.
Overall a depressed day.
Tennis was very good. Three very compettitve sets. Karen has reminded me beforehand to be mindful. 
Meeting with Chad Weckler at CEDC and Michael Tucker about commercial kitchens and Hudson-Creative. Arrived at the end of the meeting due to my calendar entry screw up. Tucker is loud and mostly about his own opinions.
Had coffee afterward with Chad. He told me of space offered to us at 3rd and State.
Drove to NYC. Arrived about 2pm. At MET Breuer – old Whitney. Diane Arbus and Kerry James Marshall. 
Took selfies in our regular bench in the stairwell. Horse or fire station entries on E. 82nd St.
Drove over to PioPio restaurant for Nyla’s 14th birthday party. Andrea, Noah, & John too. Very cheery time. 
Back to Hudson in time to watch some of the election returns at Spotty Dog. Went home at about 10. I went to sleep about 11. Woke up at 3am to discover a headline from NYTimes announcing Trump’s victory. Despite my lack of enthusiasm for Hilary C I am distressed.