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!)
Posted by rdhyee at July 11, 2003 03:33 PMWell, 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.