May the souls…. etc. God Leads Me / Grade 5 Chatechism - W.H. Sadlier 1960 At this time of year -- Hallows Eve through the octave of All Souls Day -- we are always getting mailings from Catholic religious, such as the Jesuits at BC and or the Benedictine monks at Glastonbury Abbey, requesting names… Continue reading Indulge: “to be kind; yield, concede …”
When we bought our Hingham Massachusetts home in 1979 it came with a washer and dryer that dated from the early 60's. We think. The washer took an early trip to the scrap heap and we have seen two other washers take its place. But the same dryer is still going, 41 years since we… Continue reading Gas Dryer at 59 (years old!)
Everyone knows that those over 40 need to sustain muscle / avoid atrophy, keep joints limber, and, most important, MOVE. That means exercise regularly. With the sporadic golf, bike riding and walking I got part of this done, but not enough and not consistently enough. But standard "Drive to a gym or pool" exercise regimes… Continue reading ‘Age Backwards’ She Says
The old brown house at the corner of Main Street and Linscott Road in Hingham finally sold.... and to a developer! It became clear that this developer had bigger plans for more space and a much expanded presence here. As it happened I walk by the corner every morning as its 3 minutes from home.… Continue reading Expanding 460 Main
Almost everyone has heard the tale of how Harvard "beat" undefeated Yale 29-29 on November 23, 1968. The collection of incredibly powerful and amazing moments leading to Harvard's 16 points in the final 42 seconds is now the stuff of legend. My father, Jack Daly, served as head linesman for this game along with his… Continue reading 29 – 29 Redux
We save all our vegetable and fruit scraps in a kitchen midden behind the garage. And a wonder it is! A magnet for all forms of crawling life from bacteria to bugs to worms to voles. They together create a compost so rich, so nourishing a base for all plants that my aunts on the… Continue reading Sifting for “Black Gold”
I enjoyed a wonderful golf day with friends at the Boston Golf Club, a quiet beauty hidden in the heart of Hingham. It arose from the woods and a former sand pit at Penniman Hill (left), as these Google Earth pictures from 2001 and 2020 show. Slide the slider left and right to see before… Continue reading Boston Golf Club
We moved into our home 41 years ago and enjoyed but never did much to sustain a wonderful green arborvitae hedge going the length of our driveway against the backyard of our next door neighbor's yard. For the first 5 years or so we did not do much to it, but we heard from the… Continue reading Jameson and The Giant Thuja
I play golf some Monday afternoons with John Sheff and Bruce Beagley and Bruce, who lives nearby, occasionally arrives in one of his very cool vintage Sports Cars. Porsche 550 Spyder, 1955 In June he arrived in this vintage replica 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder made by Beck Development. According to Wikipedia, "The Porsche 550 was a racing… Continue reading Golf and Bruce’s Classic Sports Cars
Tricia had been fighting one particularly fast growing and destructive vine-like tree for years, decades. She'd chop it down every year and it would grow back, disturbing the Juniper tree and messing up her garden, the north east corner. Last year she sawed the trunk. And sure n' Begorrah no stopping it; the shoots from… Continue reading Extirpate The Aggressive Invasives
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