June 22, 2010

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Quote of the Day
A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.
Nelson Mandela

Image ... Barbershop window. Beacon Hill, Boston.

May 27, 2010

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Weather
11:00-65°. H-84°. L-53°. Sky- sunny, 30% scattered clouds. Wind- 1-2. Thunderstorms last night.

Birds
√ Blackbird, Red-winged | √ Cardinal, Northern | √ Catbird, Gray | Chickadee, Black-capped | Cormorant, Double-crested | √ Crow, American | √ Dove, Mourning | √ Dove, Rock | √ Duck, Mallard | Egret, Snowy | Falcon, Peregrine | √ Finch, House | Goldfinch, American | √ Grackle, Common | Grosbeak, Rose-breasted | √ Gull. Herring | Hawk, Red-tailed | Heron, Great Blue | Heron, Little Blue | Hummingbird, Ruby-throated | √ Goose, Canada | Martin, Purple | Merganser, Hooded | √ Mockingbird, Northern | √ Oriole, Baltimore | √ Robin, American | √ Sparrow, House | Sparrow, Song | √ Sparrow, White-throated | √ Starling, European | √ Swallow, Tree | Swan, Mute | Titmouse, Tufted | Thrush, Swainson's | Thrush, Wood | Warbler, Black-throated Blue | Woodpecker, Downy | Woodpecker, Red-headed | Yellowthroat, Common

The birds will now appear on Thursday listing the species seen during the week starting from the previous Thursday.

Quote of the Day
Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.
Theodore Roosevelt

Image ... Myrtle Street at night. Beacon Hill, Boston.

May 9, 2010

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Image ... View from the Bailey's. Cedar Lane Way, Beacon Hill, Boston.

March 29, 2010

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Google's Blogger-in-Chief says in today's Globe that speed is the ultimate app, or something similarly tech-generic. But BlogSpot's creeped down to a crawl since its recent renovations, taking forever to load for editing. It used to be good to go in a flash, but now it spins its wheels.

Day of rain with a few more forecast. In Jamaica Plain, hooked up with A Far Cry and Lovewhip. Programmed a dance set for Radio Roofscape climaxing with the latter. The Gaga of JP. About as politically incorrect as it gets, fun but whipsmart.

Image ... Flying washer. The Starlight Room, Beacon Hill, Boston.

February 1, 2010

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This photograph is composed of many triangles - arrows, spears and convergences. It was taken from inside the Copps Hill Burying Ground, in the North End, looking down onto Snowhill Street running in the foreground.

A friend of mine, Al Petrucelli, said he used roller skate down Snowhill and stop his imminent demise by grabbing onto and swinging around the sign post at the apex of the triangular front yard of the peaked little witch's house.

Peter and I spent the day doing a project on Beacon Hill. Cold bike rides there and back again. It's cool that we get our fitness training in the course of getting paid rather than paying a gym to ride a bike in front of a TV screen. With people who, at a guess, are in front of screens all day.


Image ... Snowhill Street, Boston, from the Copps Hill Burying Ground.

Beans About Boston . 2

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We're testing Polls from Constant Contact, host of Roofscape News. This is the current question posed by Beans About Boston.

It's big. It's ugly. At least here. What do you think? Vote with your feet.
Here's an option, it opens in a new window.