I'm about to board Air Canada 827 from Boston to Toronto. Yeah! This last week in Cambridge has been a wonderfully rich one. The goal was to blog during the course of the week-- but I never managed to fit it in the busy schedule. Moreover, I tried to work and keep (some) tabs on what was happening in Berkeley while I was in Cambridge. During the meetings, I paid attention to the speaker and to the non-verbal dynamics of the participants. I noticed that many folks were physically at MIT but mentally back home.
More when I get to Toronto. My last day in Cambridge was a rainy one -- a marked contrast to the heat and humidity of the early part of this week. I wanted to see Boston; I walked most of the Freedom Trail but gave up near the end because of time constraints and because I had developed a blister that made walking a bit painful. So I treated to the Harvard Coop, read excerpts from a few books, trank some earl gray tea at a nearby cafe and then rushed back to catch a shuttle that brought me to where I am now.
(Wish me a safe flight -- I hope my luggage doesn't get lost!)
Well, dear Raymond, you did pretty well for someone who had no time to blog–and in spite of your lost (eventually recovered) luggage as well. Now don’t get carried, or lured, away by the pleasures of hot weather; it’s been hot (too hot) out here too. Glad your conference meetings were fun and worthwhile, with people who speak the same language. And now for the wedding, eh? I read yesterday that your fellow Canadian Peter Jennings has joined Robt. MacNeil in becoming a joint American-Canadian citizen. Well, why not, once you’re past draft age? – Loving you lots for being such an inspiration (and nice cat-loving/cat-tolerating guy) besides. P.S. I’ve been listening to some new JSB pieces in CDs I chose for joining the Musical Heritage Society.