Lucky us. We have Mike Shannon living with us for a few months. This means lots of good conversation both mornings (over coffee, before the workday starts) and evenings (dinners).
Mike Shannon, as my four readers recall, provided the guitar while Frank provided the words for Alice’s Restaurant at the college’s Groundhog Day talent show last […]
We only got real signs of spring last week. Blue sky and nicer temps came on Wednesday, after a horribly extended and wickedly cold winter. Spring is still finding its footing, but Frank pointed out one welcomed sight, the first of our purple and gold crocuses popping through the dirt. But there is no sign […]
We are feeling very smug because St. Patrick’s Day has fallen on a Saturday. How perfect, because the Cassidys are hosting the Shannons for dinner. Corned beef and cabbage are on the menu. And we already have the Smithwick’s beer. We got to like it in Ireland in October 2005. Writing it that way reminds […]
Frank was delighted the other day when the cold weather broke and we got a touch of rain, rather than snow. He thought we were heading for a recordable amount of rain — and then the rain gauge would go into action, after months of nothing but snow. But it was just a sprinkling. Still, […]
Frank now has more bow ties than a well-dressed man ever needs. This is because I discovered that a friend here makes her living through sewing jobs. For the last two years I had been collecting “fat quarters” of fabric that would be fabulous for bow ties — but Frank wasn’t sewing any of […]
Here it is, March 8, and the temperature at 6am was -4. By 7am, it was up to 2 degrees, but this is ridiculous. Yesterday the early-morning temp was -6. And last Friday, March 3 (while we were in Boston), there was a very sloppy, windswept snowstorm that brought another five inches to Machias. Where’s […]
Frank now has a grandfather clock in his office. Not a huge imposing one, but a moderate one that we picked up at an auction for $100. It’s not old (1977), and it’s not from a fancy company (Emperor of Alabama), but it suits his grandfather-clock needs for now. To make it work he had […]
What a wonderful time we had, between Tuesday and Saturday as I took part in an “integrated branding across media” conference for college and university PR-types. There was plenty to fill my brain, and plenty of off-hour fun, too. Although the Omni Parker House, where the conference was held, is sure nice, we didn’t stay […]