home is where the best cookies are

next to the amaryllis are some trays of cookies ready for the family gathering later this week.

home is where the best cookies are!

home is where the best cookies are!

and Day 2 of the amaryllis tracking

amaryllis - day 2

9 things

Celebrating the occurrence of 09/09/09 on Wednesday, I managed to take only three pictures of nine things. The other six will get captured some time.

Looking out the front window, there are nine panes of glass

In the dining room, there are chairs for nine to sit and eat

 

Set out on the table are nine colored cups for an after dinner drink

What did you find for nine on 09/09/09?

Heating Oil Prices

HeatingOilPrices_80324, originally uploaded by shersteve.

I think the chart says it all. Today's delivery put us at the all time record for our period here in Franklin, MA.

Tertiary education: social networking

I found this insightful SlideShow via Beth Kanter. I have quite a bit in common with Charlotte in how she networks at home versus at work.

Are you like Charlotte too?

A different team showed up

The New England Revolution on Thursday night played probably their best game of the season beating the KC Wizards 2-0. On Sunday, they probably played their worst game loosing to DC United 3-0.

How is it that a different team can show up on game day?

For a home game?

The approach needs to change. The Revs have a very good away record. They seem to like the adverse conditions created by playing as the visitors. The Fort and other supporters in Gillette Stadium should start to take this into consideration and root for the other team each time the Revs play at home.

We might get a better performance!

At Home

with one last, last minute
thing to do completed
they scurry out of the house

with the door closing
silence settles slowly
awakening the kitchen clock

whose whirring resumes telling stories
while the radiator bubbles
and gurgles with delight

to which the faucet responds
with its monotonous drip, drip
drowned out as the

silence settles still further
and the people upstairs
begin living here



The Audio (podcast) version of this can be found here


I grew up in a five room apartment on the first floor of a three tenement house. I was the oldest of six and needless to say, the house got busy and noisy at times as we all did what we needed to do. The family was all going out but for some reason, I was being left behind, maybe I had something else to do, maybe I was sick, the circumstances were such that after the hustle and bustle of their leaving, I was left in the empty house. Except it was not really empty, as you hear in the reading, the house almost has a life of its own.