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- Mark joins New England Suppliers Institute
February,1995Starts working with Sherry Gordon with whom later starts Valuedge, Inc. NESI was funded primarily through a Technology Reinvestment Program grant administered through the Air Force. We served hun dress of small and medium manufacturers throughout New… Continue reading Mark joins New England Suppliers Institute
- Travel – Paris
March,1995Lured by absurdly low introductory airfares, Mark and Karen visit Paris for a short week. Hotel Mondial again.
- Paris – 3/1995
April,1995Not complete…. Lured by cheap air fares…..
- Rock garden construction at 52 Kinnaird
May,1995Work begins on eliminating all grass from our little backyard. Stones sourced from construction sites around Cambridge, especially from ???? near MIT. Also basalt from storm wall at Neponset Beach. Work continues almost to sale of house in 2007.
- 52 Kinnaird – rock garden
May,1995Rock garden construction begins. Mark works on this sporadically until every square inch of grass is eliminated.
- New Bicycles
June,1995Two new bikes for KCD & MMO gift from children.
- Head of the Charles Regatta Party – goes on extended sabbatical
October,1995After many years this tradition was feeling a bit worn out. Some people showed up at our door out of reflex. In fact 1994 was the last year of the party. Started in October 1978. Always featured Karen’s bread pudding with bourbon sauce.
- Florida – east and west coast, Everglades – 4/1996
April,1996not started.
- Travel – Florida, east, West & Everglades
April,1996MMO & KCD Florida East to West Coast, Everglades and visit Ida & Joe in West Palm Beach.
- 52 Kinnaird – 1st floor apartment
May,1996Begin construction of 1st floor apartment. New sliding window to back yard, kitchen, bathroom, new floors, move darkroom to second floor to create closet and washer-dryer space. Mark breaks sledge hammer demolishing concrete entrance stairs that marr… Continue reading 52 Kinnaird – 1st floor apartment
- Cheryl Davis pulls through illness
June,1996 - 52 Kinnaird: end 1st floor construction
September,1996Kristen Graves becomes first tenant.
- Mark participates in neighborhood working group for new library
September,19969/12/1996 The city is undertaking the design of a new library to replace the cramped main library on Broadway. The main topics were: Community Activity Center Community Information Center Formal Education Support Center Independent Learning Center Po… Continue reading Mark participates in neighborhood working group for new library
- Michael Crichton’s Congo and the Transformation of the Western Mind
January,1997Book Review/Essay 2/97 (revised 1/29/02 – maps added at bottom) (revised 6/25/03 – map of Angola superimposed on the US) Michael Crichton’s 1980 pulp novel Congo opens with an introduction that is truly arresting . I quote here the first two pa… Continue reading Michael Crichton’s Congo and the Transformation of the Western Mind
- The Marshall Plan and Jane Jacobs’ Cities and the Wealth of Nations – book review
March,1997The Marshall Plan and Jane Jacobs’ Cities and the Wealth of Nations Book Review/Essay 3/97 The recent celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the start of the Marshall Plan was more than just a bit of self adulatory puffery for this generat… Continue reading The Marshall Plan and Jane Jacobs’ Cities and the Wealth of Nations – book review
- 52 Kinnaird – 2nd floor construction
April,1997Begin rebuild of 2nd floor kitchen, add wall to create separate studio space in front room for KCD, complete finish work on stairway to 3rd floor.
- 52 Kinnaird – 2nd floor construction ends
July,1997 - Family Reunion
August,1997A week at W St. on Nantasket Beach. All Ortons show up, even Torrey and Jane from Australia.
- Nantasket Beach Weekends
August,1997August 1997 brings all of the Ortons to W Street on Nantasket Beach. Start of a summer tradition lasting into the 2020s. Here is a video by Karen covering 2003 to 2012.
- MMO 50th Birthday
September,1997