Forrest Church

Jay Gallagher, famous cancer patient, has blogged about Love & Death, a recent book by Forrest Church. Church himself recently died of cancer. He wrote about his reaction to his diagnosis from the point of view of his role as a Unitarian minister. I heard him interviewed by Terri Gross; he allowed as how he had reconciled himself to his impending death, but his wife pointed out that there were others involved who might not have arrived at that state. Jay has been writing a lot about life and death -- as well as politics, his great joy and bemusement.

Postcard from Wolf Translated

Henny Lewin, who taught a course in Yiddish that I took at UVM, was kind enough to attempt a translation of Great Grandfather Wolf's postcard to his son, Elias, my grandfather.

The original image annotated.

Societa Italiana Auto Trasformazioni Accessori

Bob Immler sent some links to Siatas. These wonderful classic Italian cars were coveted by collectors and cognicenti. The car with the closed light lids was owned by Norman Jacobowitz.

Bob sent a link to a collection of Siata history.

The red car here was owned by Steve McQueen.

Siata stands for

Societa Italiana Auto Trasformazioni Accessori (Italian car modification company; est. 1926; Turin, Italy)

Elm Bark Burn 2

Another bark problem with elm tree on Phase III Rec Path,

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Linda Related to Duck.

Elizabeth Duck is Linda Rodd's 8th great grandmother.

Linda Rodd

Ted Rodd
her father

Lela Rodd
his mother

James Calvert
her father

Joseph Calvert
his father

John Calvert
his father

John Calvert
his father

Joseph Calvert
his father

Thomas Calvert
his father

Deborah Calvert (Harlan)
his mother

Elizabeth Duck
her mother

Mmmm, Pie

Here's what happens when you go blueberry picking and then make a pie. It gets eaten. Yummy.

Beeping Guitars

Saul' company, Harmonix, makes the cover of NYTimes Magazine.

These guys have hired lots of people in the Cambridge area. Saul seems to fit right in.
He says they have given him a task and the resources to do it, and have let him at it.
Audio Quality Assurance. I'm not sure he's working on the Beatles project.