Did I mention that about a week ago the Boston Globe started carrying a new puzzle, Kenken. It’s a number thing that’s like Sudoku in that one important clue is that no digit may be repeated in any row or column, but it works with arithmetic as well as logic. It comes in different sizes …
Monthly Archives: November 2008
Tree farm
The weekend of Oct 25, I guess, Anne said, “darn, another year has gone by and we didn’t plant any Christmas trees.” Neither Arlene, Anne, nor I ever had Christmas trees when we were kids. I wanted one when I was little, but my parents were against it. When I started going to sunday school …
Leisurely ride north
We went to Maine on Saturday instead of Friday evening because we had stayed home for Halloween. We stopped first at Salisbury Beach state park to look for birds. We didn’t see much in the grove, but on the way out I did spot some birds we were looking for — a flock of snow …
Halloween recap
After yesterday’s historic events it seems silly to go back to Halloween. Even though it was just last Friday it seems like a long time ago. If I don’t, though, I’ll miss a good chance to get in an easy post which would help me meet a goal of 30 posts in November. Even though …
Report from ward 6, precinct 6
Our house is less than a quarter of a mile, but probably about 300 yards, from our polling place, the local elementary school. Cars were parked on the street in front of us this morning; I imagine they were people who had driven to the polls and thought that was as close as they were …