Author: doug

This is the authentic hand-knit traditional Icelandic sweater that I bought on our trip last winter. It cost a pretty penny and I joke that they use one entire Icelandic sheep’s wool in each sweater. It is VERY WARM and is my favorite item of clothing for my commutes into Boston this week.

For some reason they’re adding these tiny little heaters (near the top of the photo) to the ends of the commuter rail platforms at South Station. I can’t imagine they’ll do much good.

 

 

The eggs we get from our CSA are “nest run” — not graded for size. The carton I opened today had a particularly large variation, with 3 eggs over 70 grams and 3 around 40.

One of the few benefits of leaving the house while it’s still dark this time of year is when the crescent moon is as eye-catching as it was this morning.

These eyes were installed on the side of the Hyatt hotel in Boston today, directly across the street from my desk. I suspect they’re part of Boston’s Winteractive winter art installation for 2026. Maybe there’s more to it that’s not installed yet, but as of now my comment in the office today was that this artwork is so cringe it’s rolling its own eyes at itself.

I’m making homemade pizza for dinner tonight. I guess I miscalculated the bowl size to rise the dough in.

Hauling out the big guns on this dreary winter evening.

I volunteered as a fix-it guide at our library’s Fix-It Clinic today, guiding people to try to fix about 10 lamps, 3 flashlights, and an electric teakettle, with varying degrees of guide-vs.-do and varying degrees of success. Here are my tools at my workstation.

I installed a string of color-changing lights on our front porch. I can change up the colors & animations to suit the season. On this rainy, wintry evening I hope our neighbors appreciate a pop of color.

Gandalf is helping!