Archive for June, 2006

Awesomechusetts

Posted by Heather B on June 27th, 2006

I went to see Harry and the Potters at our rockin’ library green in downtown Springfield the other day. They are so groovy. It was a great show. They are coming out with a new album—”The Power of Love”—and I can’t wait. As it is, since buying their CD “Voldemort Can’t Stop the Rock” at […]

Cliff-walking

Posted by Heather B on June 27th, 2006

There’s been a lot of rain around us lately, but we managed to slip in a hike to Holyoke’s Mt. Tom over the weekend. Not one of southern New England’s most stunning peaks by far, it affords a nice challenging four-mile-plus round trip to the top and back. It’s very steep to start out, with […]

Ethics on spilling an ice cream cone

Posted by Heather B on June 19th, 2006

I took my kids out to get soft-serve ice cream cones, in mid-day blistering heat, as a reward for my daughter’s endurance (and struggle with such endurance, thus her siblings’ likewise tolerance) of her second blood draw in a week.
It’s a school day, so everyone else at her school is enduring the heat and humidity […]

Catharsis

Posted by Heather B on June 7th, 2006

In my dream last night, my father was actor/comedian Robin Williams. In a teary-eyed burst of emotion, he confessed to me how emotionally distant he had been all my life, and I hugged him close as he bawled into my shoulder.
My thoughts as he cried were: how did I never know Robin Williams was my […]

Cousin Josh comes east

Posted by Heather B on June 2nd, 2006

My cousin and his band, Tapes ‘n Tapes, are touring the east coast this month. Monday night, they’ll perform at hipster hot spot the Middle East in Cambridge. They also got a write-up in today’s Boston Globe, which mentioned that they did finally get signed after some top-secret dealings over the last couple of months. […]