Brigid, off to England for three weeks

To continue working on settling her family’s house and Kate’s estate. From JFK this afternoon, having said goodbye to the boys at the house. We will survive! Sidewalk check-in for the American Airlines direct flight to Manchester. Brigid will then hop a train for a couple of hour ride to York. Who’s in charge here? … Read more

How my birthday went

Excellent! Besides doing such exciting things as buying a new lawn mower (no photo), we had a nice dinner together at home after spending part of the morning on the Croton Aqueduct trail. I had been musing over walking the Aqueduct for several weeks, and Brigid gave me a map of it for my birthday … Read more

Joe’s 21st with his (very photogenic) Angie

We went to dinner tonight for Joe’s 21st birthday at the Indian restaurant in Brewster, Jaipore. Excellent! Here’s are three pix of Joe and Angie – who certainly takes a better picture! It ws a very nice day for Joe’s 21st. Brigid (typical Brigid) found a nine volumn over 100 year old history of India, … Read more

The vanishing (baseball) screwball

Good feature in this past NY Times magazine section. Today there's only one major league baseball player throwing "the screwgie", to quote Phil Rizzuto. Rizzuto would (as any longtime Yankee fan would know) have been referring to Luis Arroyo and his screwball – and his glittering 1961 season as a Yankee reliever. No reference to … Read more