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Of course, it did me no good over last weekend to ask the rain to go away.  But it didn’t keep me from going to an outstanding performance of Ionesco’s “Rhinoceros,” at Harvard’s ART theater.  Written in 1959 and still captivating, I can’t imagine how the actors can possibly do two performances of that play…

It’s been six weeks since my grandson, Grady, and his dad came from Maryland to collect my 2016 Toyota Prius that now belongs to Grady.  Since my new condo does not have dedicated parking, and since I am just a seven-minute walk to the subway, I decided to go car-free. What could be better than…

Thanksgiving has been my favorite holiday for as long as I can remember.  No gifts, just huge amounts of delicious food.  So, with the first hint of fall in the air last week, I made my plane reservations because our Thanksgiving takes place in Maryland now, hosted by my son Jeremy’s family. When I looked…

On a recent Sunday, two generous couples who live in my apartment complex hosted a catered barbecue in the garden behind our buildings, inviting all the residents. On the menu–delicious spareribs with all the trimmings, sheet cakes for dessert, and a wide selection of beverages. With a small group of musicians adding to the festivities,…

We are all familiar with “Your call is important to us…”  And we all have our strategies for coping with the wait.  But the other day, I think I set a length-of-time record.  I placed a call at 4:30 and was told the usual. While waiting, I did the following: straightened my desk, folded my…

Yesterday was a gorgeous early fall day, and I spent a good part of it visiting an extraordinary exhibit on the grass mall in the center of Commonwealth Avenue’s in Boston’s Back Bay.  On the mall was a herd of one hundred-thirty life-sized elephant sculptures.  Each elephant was constructed by indigenous artisans in India from…

Why does summer feel shorter than January?  As if I didn’t know.  But somehow, while I was on my quick trip to Brazil, summer left New England.  Stepping out of Logan Airport to await the shuttle to the subway station, the air seemed different from just a week earlier.  And when I took a quick…

Why does summer feel shorter than January?  As if I didn’t know.  But somehow, while I was on my quick trip to Brazil, summer left New England.  Stepping out of Logan Airport to await the shuttle to the subway station, the air seemed different from just a week earlier.  And when I took a quick…

I have had two wonderful grandsons for quite a while.  One is just out of college, and the other is a sophomore in college.  So, imagine my delight to learn that I was to have a new grandson. Jacob Peter Silva Kugel was born on August 8th in San Paulo, Brazil to my older son…

The stately sycamore trees along the Charles River on Memorial Drive near Harvard Square have been a star of the Cambridge landscape for decades.  I have a (perhaps somewhat faulty) memory that Jackie Kennedy helped save them decades ago when they were almost on the chopping block.  Once, when she visited the Kennedy School, I…