New thought technology from therapy this week:
It’s not that I should do things, but rather that I want to do things.
I carry around a lot of guilt and shame over the things I should do but don’t.
Rather than I should pay that bill, I want to be a person that paid it.
It’s been an excellent morning.
“Remember, remember the fifth of November …”
Happy Guy Fawkes Day (or, in America, “V for Vendetta” Day) to you and yours.
Communing with the spirits* at home this delightfully spooky Halloween evening.
(#mboct Day 31/31)
* - Maple Old Fashioned - with Indiana maple syrup and Old Grandad (my favorite inexpensive bourbon)
Hanging out with Benjamin for Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra this afternoon for “The Nightmare Before Christmas” with live accompaniment.
He’s a beginning cellist, and I accidentally got our seats right in front of the cellos!
Spending my Halloween midday with a BBC adaptation of “The Turn of the Screw” I stumbled upon on Amazon Prime.
I’ve heard the phrase, but am wholly unfamiliar with the work … but it seemed appropriate from the description.
Wish me luck!
Four years ago today.
Still going.
Leaves are finally starting to turn into shades of red around here.
(#mboct Day 30/31)
Cycle.
(#mboct Day 29/31)
Interesting pattern underneath the roof of the back balcony at The Breakers in Newport, RI.
(#mboct Day 28/30)
Likely not a good sign for - an admittedly beautiful looking - movie that I needed an explainer afterward to fill in all the context needed to understand the thing.
For folks like me unversed in Dune, this one’s good: maxread.substack.com/p/dune-an…
Taking our time sorting through the chaos that is our filing system here at home.
Lots of old junk headed to the local shredder.
(#mboct Day 27/30)
I don’t know about “bliss”, but a freshly baked chili-cheese baked potato makes for a darn tasty (and easy!) lunch.
(#mboct Day 26/30)
It’s the time of year when gravity does its thing to leaves, making my daily walk treacherous - if pretty! - in spots.
(#mboct Day 25/30)
Pretty strong connection between the first dreary, rainy day of fall and a warm bowl of chili (with lots of crackers!), if you ask me.
(#mboct Day 24/30)
Story behind that pizza:
Wasn’t our favorite pizza of the trip, but might be the most memorable.
I don’t have a photo of it - my hands were full - but a favorite memory of this trip will be sharing a to-go large pepperoni pizza with my family on a bench next to the statue of Bewitched’s Elizabeth Montgomery in the early evening in Salem.
Here they are just after.
Also snagged a fresh photo of my previous lock screen- ~15 years later.
Things are a fair bit lighter now. :)
Each time I visit MoMA, I end up with a new iPhone background or two.
New ones from this trip are Monet’s “Water Lillies” on the lock screen and “The Town of the Poor” by Sonja Sekula elsewhere.
Now that I’m back home, here’s more travel photos featuring more than just me from the last week!
Travel, especially with family, has always been a deep well of meaning in my life.
Happy to be home after a week away, though.
(#mboct Day 23/30)
(Photo of my family and I at The Breakers Mansion in Newport, RI, from Wednesday late afternoon/early evening)
Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton turned out to be a fine place for a rest about halfway through the longest driving day of the trip - from Boston to Western Pennsylvania.
(#mboct Day 22/30)
Not a bad birthday:
When I travel, my favorite space is often either the train station or the public market.
In NYC, it’s Grand Central.
Here in Boston, it’s Quincy Market.
(#mboct Day 21/30)
Stretching for the theme a bit, but I reckon this is a lawn that has seen a croquet match or two in its day.
(#mboct Day 20/30)
