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Pleasant plans

Posted on August 28, 2010 by MarkMay 18, 2016
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H and I are planning a walk next week to bag a couple more 4,000 footers, this time Whiteface and Passaconaway. We may be joined by old friend, BB. Unlike the uninteresting in-and-outs I’ve been doing, this walk will describe … Continue reading →

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Onward to the Zealands

Posted on August 27, 2010 by MarkMay 18, 2016
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My winter’s trip to New Zealand’s summer gets more and more real. Tickets have been booked, reservations have been made, and our leaders, J and C, have scheduled a “pre-hike” for late October in the White Mountains. The 15 of … Continue reading →

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Wilde running

Posted on August 26, 2010 by MarkMay 18, 2016
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After a few pleasantly chill and damp days, this morning seemed tropical, partly because I went lazily out at 7:30 instead of in the relative coolth of 6:30. By the time I’d shuffled to the mile mark, I was sweating … Continue reading →

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Wordy B

Posted on August 20, 2010 by MarkMay 18, 2016
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We’re missing sweet B, A, and H very much right now, and blessing iChat as usual. We’re noticing a tremendous and fascinating spurt of language from B. During a long-distance chat late last week, she at one point put her … Continue reading →

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Weather and lawns

Posted on August 17, 2010 by MarkMay 18, 2016
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We walk most mornings past these new tennis courts, close to the Middle School. They’ve been busily in use early in the day all summer, but yesterday they were damp and forlorn. We’ve gotten a lot of rainover the last … Continue reading →

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Tony Judt: R.I.P.

Posted on August 15, 2010 by MarkMay 18, 2016
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The great Tony Judt got the obituary he deserved in the New York Times last week: exemplary. Its writer, William Grimes, described Judt as “a ‘universalist social democrat’ with a deep suspicion of left-wing ideologues, identity politics and the emerging … Continue reading →

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Way Tow and the Osceolas

Posted on August 13, 2010 by MarkMay 18, 2016
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I was in New Hampshire earlier in the week, bridging a scheduling gap in sweet B’s network of love and adoration. She and I had a terrific time making rude noises and singing “Twinkle-Twinkle”. We took a walk, hung out … Continue reading →

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1938: Wow, what an evening in New York

Posted on August 6, 2010 by MarkMay 18, 2016
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I’ve been working for a long time on a project that involves knowing a lot about the world of jazz and swing during the ’30s. I found this in a loose clipping that was probably from one of the black … Continue reading →

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New England shuffle

Posted on August 5, 2010 by MarkMay 18, 2016
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We’ve had an interesting few weeks in northern New England. I went up to New Hampshire in mid-July to walk in the Whites, and stayed with H, A, and sweet B in Concord for a few days, then returned for … Continue reading →

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Bucolic Hinton Waldrist

Posted on August 4, 2010 by MarkMay 18, 2016
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The previous post was encouraged by the coolness described and fascinatingly displayed in this piece on HuffPo. A Village Lost and Found. … Continue reading →

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