Like everyone else we know, my wife and I have gotten hooked on Marie Kondo. But maybe we shouldn’t have. After reading her book The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up, we tidied up. We are frugal people and don’t accumulate that much stuff, but still we had many bags of old clothes, shoes and books…
Our local NPR station, WBUR, has an “op-ed” type page on their website called “Cognoscenti.” There’s something I wrote about watching the Netflix series “Stranger Things” with my family: Like many people, I indulged in nostalgia this summer watching the Netflix television series “Stranger Things.” But not because of the content of the show. For…
After 9/11 there were numerous articles speculating on the motive of the terrorists whose suicide missions resulted in the deaths of thousands. Why do they hate us? a columnist would ask, and then the answer was often a variation of: they hate us because of our freedoms. Maybe. Maybe it’s more nuanced. After the Orlando…
Here’s my theory: Donald Trump got into the race as a lark, a marketing gimmick. A lot of people have that theory. And of course he did better than expected, which was great for marketing and then people started effusively praising him which was great for his ego. But now he’s the presumptive Republican candidate…
I took the kids (and some of their friends) to see Captain America: Civil War at 10:30am on Saturday morning the day after in opened. In other words, we have bought into the Disney/Marvel Cinematic Universe in a big way. (In contrast, when my son went to see Batman v Superman and asked if I…
It’s only natural in an election year, to think about what kind of person you would like to be the President of the United States or POTUS. To be clear, I’m not talking about the declared candidates — or even politicians we might want to draft into the race — I’m talking about pure speculation.…
So what’s been going on at Zervas? I took these two photos from Beacon Street on January 29th. The school looks a bit different because the 4th grade classrooms of Mr Bergquist and Mr West are gone! This shot from February 3rd shows the back side of the school. I’m not sure but I think…
For a less verbal, aerial view of the Zervas (de) construction, here’s a link to the Zervas construction cam. Cool! No comments about wallball, however.
Work on the dismantling of Zervas continues. From January 23, a shot of the playground equipment with swings removed. This photo is looking west from Cold Spring Park and the building behind the swing set is the modular at the end of the Kindergarten hall (you can see the original brick building on the right…
Well, maybe someone is reading this blog or (more likely) they were planning on cutting holes in the fence in the first place. In any case, as you can see, there are now easier sight lines between Beethoven and Beacon. Meanwhile, here’s a view from Cold Spring Park showing how the fence is closed off…
Jack Cheng, PhD 