May 2007

  • Memorial Day: Hope Cemetery, Boston

    Memorial Day: Hope Cemetery, Boston

    Last night I rode by Hope Cemetery for the first time and noticed the flags set up for the veterans. It seemed appropriate today to return for another look.

  • The Right Ride: A Collaborative Map for Safer Biking in Boston

    Earlier this week, Nancy M. pointed me to a new Google mashup called The Right Ride, designed to allow users to document dangers spots for bikers by adding annotations to a map. Chris Briaotta created the site in response to the recent death of two Boston cyclists, and it gives fellow bikers a way to…

  • Weekend Music: From Framingham to South Africa

    After hearing two outstanding concerts this weekend, I'm struck by how long it takes me get around to finding good music sometimes. Sunday night I made my first trip to Framingham to hear John Gorka play (Dan Coutier opening – nice job Dan), which gave me the chance to get better aqcuainted with someone I…

  • River Ice

    River Ice

    My dad sent me these pictures he took a couple weeks ago at the edge of the Red River in Fargo. This "ice artistry" was sculpted by freezing temperatures at the waters crest and and then carefully installed in a gallery of trees as the water slowly receded. Wish I could have been there while…

  • A Week in Yosemite

    A Week in Yosemite

    We'll, this is fairly late in coming, but I guess I should post something about our trip to Yosemite a week ago. I think I've been avoiding this post because it's so hard to know what to say about such a fantastic place. Perhaps I'll just let the photos speak for themselves, though they don't…