By all accounts, it was a slow day over here. But then that horrible thing in Arizona happened, and it’s the kind of thing I’ve been worried about for a while. I don’t know what to make of it yet, but I’ve been most impressed by the words of Sheriff Clarence Dupnik: “When you look [...]
Archive for the ‘It happened in the H.V.’ Category
3 Jan
Ants Marching
So this is what I do now: Leave the pool to drive to the train station no later than 7:40am (I’m not even going to tell you how early I get up to do the swimming) Get to the train station in 10 minutes with enough time to buy my ticket, pay for parking, and [...]
9 Sep
What I did on my summer vacation
*Obligatory comment about how I never blog anymore and I commute too much and I almost forgot my blog password and there were seven comments waiting to be approved and I almost feel bad about that, but not really since it’s not 2007 anymore blah blah blah* When we last left off, I was using [...]
29 Jul
Sat at the Table
This post is a week and a half late, but I don’t want to forgo an account of my most excellent dinner at the Poughkeepsie Farm Project’s “A Seat At the Table” fundraiser on July 17th. Where to begin? I walked up the fields and nestled between the arugula, beets and herbs was a table [...]
5 Jan
Goodbye, old bank
For a long time, I’ve been thinking about switching banks. I’ve had my money in an international bank for almost a decade, when I first started working in New York City. I chose a place that was around the corner from the bookstore where I worked. My choice was also based on the fact that [...]
16 Sep
Guarding the nation
This morning between the Chamber of Commerce breakfast and the Chamber of Commerce job fair, I went for a walk in downtown Poughkeepsie. Even though the mean streets of Po-town can be a bit scary at times with its diceyness, there are some real charming places to be explored in broad daylight. One spot in [...]
1 Sep
Po-town
A few weeks back, I spoke to one of my old contacts from the bookselling world. He asked me, “do you still like living in the Hudson Valley?” I told him, “You know what? I love living in the Hudson Valley!” Then he said, “And how is that job going?” I told him, “You know [...]
14 Apr
I’m getting into character
The pool where I normally swim is closed this week for spring break, so I’m trying a new pool that’s closer to where I work than where I live. This morning, towards the end of my sets, the lifeguard started chatting me up. After I told him that I work way down here and live [...]
8 Apr
I have drive
Hi! Things are still going well at work. It’s hard, building a client base and getting the word out, but I have a feeling that it will be rewarding in a few weeks, months, years… Eventually. But I’m not writing about work today, since my life is all work, work, work, but for the two [...]
