June, 2019

We’ve been seeing a lot of these black bugs flying around our yard. They look and act like fireflies, but don’t light up. Today I caught one to get a better look.

Evidently there are non-light-producing fireflies, and I think this may be one of them.

We went to see the 48-Hour Film Festival awards. I took this photo sphere of the venerable old Somerville Theater before the festivities.

Jeff, Kat, Bob, and I attended a Wild and Sour beer festival at Boston’s Cyclorama. This was a most enjoyable fest: not too crowded or loud, a lot of interesting beers, and few enough breweries that we could try something from each of them. The attractive venue didn’t hurt.

The little keyboard & cover Lis uses with her iPad died: several of the keys stopped working. She bought a replacement, and I thought maybe I could fix the old one and turn it into a backup. It was held together by so much glue and hidden screws that I destroyed it in the process of taking it apart. And maddeningly, I did find the problem: some broken-off bits of some of the key mechanisms stuck under some of the other keys. If Logitech had designed this thing for repair, I could have fixed it. Ah well, at least we’ll be able to recycle the battery.

We went to Boston Symphony Hall for a presentation of Cirque de la Symphonie. The show was awesome, and Symphony Hall is such an elegant and well-designed space.

We’ve worked hard to make our back patio a great place to sit and enjoy some peace & quiet.