Today, September 16, 2016, several thousand of us gathered on the Common before the Bulfinch State House and the 54th Regiment Monument (also called the Shaw Memorial), the rally under the heading Resist Deportation! The crowd gathered around the memorial, and mixed with a crowd of tourists gathered around National Park Service employees, one of whom was explaining to the tourists what the … [Read more...]
Today was astonishing (letter to a friend)
I left the Y, where I have been going for three days now, learning to lift weights again. I left early because the personal trainer, whom I like very much, had promised me a list of exercises that would guide me around the large gym floor. Then she didn't send it (or, she said she did and I didn't get it). So there I was in the gym wandering around trying to remember what she said to do next. Was … [Read more...]