2003
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Humble Beginnings
This morning I’ve decided to get officially get this blog going. I’ve been dragging my feet on it for months now, always finding some excuse not to begin using it. For the last few weeks, I’ve held off because a bug with Siteframe has prevented me more uploading images. Before that, it was because I…
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Lantern Festival
in CityThis evening I attended my first Lantern Festival at Forest Hills Cemetery in Jamaica Plain. Marlene and I had "hope" written on our lamp in Chinese calligraphy. At about 8:30, we launched it into the pond with hundreds of other lamps and then watched as they drifted in mysterious, constantly-changing formations throughout the rest of…
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Hawk Sighting
in CityThis evening I hadn’t been in Mt. Auburn for more than five minutes when I looked up to see this hawk perched on a lowing-hanging branch of an Oak tree. For the next fifteen minutes, I watched it sit stoicly while a blue-jay harrassed it, chargin down ever few minutes to glance of the hawk’s…
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Implicitly?
in CityThis gravestone engraving has puzzled me ever since I first saw it. As of yet, I don’t have any leads.
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First Time Birdwatching
in CityThis morning I got up early for my first day of birdwatching. At just before 7:00, I made my way to Mt. Auburn cemetery to join a tour with Wayne the Audubon Society orthnothologist. I photographed this green heron this past Sunday as I was taking my weekly morning stroll at Mt. Auburn. Some birders…
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The Quint House
in HouseThe house where I live was built in the 1890’s and used to be the parsonage of Allston Congregational Church next door. There are six bedrooms, and, since I’m a graduate student, I feel right at home on the third floor in what used to be the servant’s quarters.