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Yesterday, my mom – Patsy – turned 80. Patsy is such a bright light. Independent. Energetic. Loving. It's hard to believe we have been...

This coming week we will cross the one-year mark of living through the Covid-19 pandemic. Our last trip was to Florida in December 2019....

Move your body!

Our daughter is a junior in high school, so we have begun touring colleges and universities with her. A few days ago, we visited Boston...

We have been living on a side street outside Inman Square since 2001. Part of my regular routine in all those years is cleaning the...

My wife left two days ago on a trip with her sisters for a week. Today, our daughter left on a school trip. I am on my own now for a...

I went to the gym this morning and worked out. I park my car along the Charles River and walk into Wellbridge Athletic Club at the...

It is Saturday, March 2, 2019, and there is fresh snow on the ground outside our kitchen window in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This morning...

A sunny day today in Cambridge and Somerville. I started my day working at the office in Harvard Square. Thereafter, I had a good showing...

On my walk back to the office today after lunch at Darwin's, I missed a step on the uneven sidewalk on Putnam Avenue and stumbled badly...

Today was one of the windiest days I can recall in some time. You could hear it howl. It nearly blew me off my feet outside my office....

It is wet and cold and gray on this Sunday here in New England in late February. I started my day by completing a valuation analysis for...

After returning from a road trip in a winter storm this weekend, my VW Tiguan was covered in salt and snow and ice and slush and dirt....

I love this quote from Gary Vaynerchuk. You gotta do. Want to get in shape? You gotta - Go the gym - Take walks - Improve your diet -...

A colleague just gave me a copy of Cal Newport's book Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World. (2019) I am reading...

In my last post, I noted the most important conversation - the one you have with yourself. In this post, I wish to touch on the most...

I listened to Tom Bilyeu's interview with David Goggins yesterday. About 42 minutes in, there is a quote that really resonated with me....

I have read a newspaper pretty much every day of my life for 40 years. For the first twenty years, I read the New York Times. For the...

I love the 4th of July fireworks in Boston. Billed as the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, this annual event takes place on the...

We have lived in a worker's cottage in Cambridge outside Inman Square since 2001. In 2014, we gut renovated the partially below grade...