Well, eighteen months later, the homeless “crisis” has deepened and Massachusetts is grasping for solutions. Apparently, someone thought of the massive, State-owned, underutilized buildings around our complex. Now, one building is being converted from office space to housing. As it happens, that...
The French have a particularly dismal track record, willfully abandoning far more pets than any other European nation. But if previous years have regularly seen upward of 100,000 abandoned pets – with 60% of those cases in the summer months – 2020 has already exceeded the annual average in ...
It’s that roaring distortion that has changed my mind, that sound that is the sound of someone desperately trying to avoid being sucked into the downward spiral, its abrasiveness paradoxically the thing that attracted many of us longing for our own real connection. There was something there, e...
Witness today’s announcements of Microsoft abandoning Travel, Food & Drink and Health, all their MSN extras. Not necessarily heavily used apps, but really nicely done, showing developers that Windows is a decent platform to develop on. Microsoft has dumbed down the tablet UX on Windows 10 (se...
(as we discovered tonight) by the young girl in the glittering hijab. Last night, as we passed, she was reclining on a motorcycle in front of the restaurant, looking for all the world as if she was waiting for someone to pop a date in her mouth. I so wanted to look at her — ...
Knowing our assigned table was next to the window, I went down to dinner abandoning the seats that had served me well all day. I usually change clothes and do my hair and makeup for dinner, but i just went straight down, tote bag with equipment in hand. Photo ©Jean Janssen. We ...
It’s that roaring distortion that has changed my mind, that sound that is the sound of someone desperately trying to avoid being sucked into the downward spiral, its abrasiveness paradoxically the thing that attracted many of us longing for our own real connection. There was something there, ...
We said good bye with an awkward hug that I had to crouch way down for. Maria drove off to see her sister, I walked up to the door to meet Sofya, and hopefully go drinking, while Charlene waited by the side of the road for someone much more deserving than me to find her and ...
When every one of the stars twinkling in the night sky feels someone’s feelings, you’re not alone anymore We’re waiting for you The joy of overflowing If you look up at the night sky for the time of separation, and listen carefully to the night sky, our thoughts will surely re...
Alright, I say that as someone who had a beer at a train station before. Anyhow. I couldn’t come all this way without visiting a local hiking hotspot: the Thousand Steps Trail. Reinvigorated by the coffee, I grabbed my EDC (everyday carry; that’s a “prepper” term for the small ...