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- — 114 Warren St. – demolition and framing of new “sun room”.
January,2018 - — 1/1/2018 – Sapoznick family in Berkeley Heights
January,2018 - — Travel – Road Trip – Florida, New Orleans, Gulf Goast
February,2018 - — Road Trip – New Orleans, Gulf Coast, Miami, cousins dinner – 2/2018
March,2018not started
- — 114 Warren St. – kitchen remodel complete
March,2018The architect for the new sun room made some suggestions for rearranging the kitchen. Though we rejected her suggestions, we did in fact realize that we had an opportunity to add much needed counter space as well as storage. The Original Kitchen The… Continue reading 114 Warren St. – kitchen remodel complete
- — 114 Warren St. – move in to new room.
March,2018Mark and Karen did the interior trim and painting, then the contractor came back to install the flooring. Now except for the exterior painting the room is complete. Karen selected the deep blue color for one wall. Andrea contributed a sofa bed and we… Continue reading 114 Warren St. – move in to new room.
- — Tennis – Mark starts tennis lessons
April,2018Lessons with Saif Ali at Total Tennis in Saugerties. Learning top spin strokes and more.
- — Travel – Netherlands – Lisbon – visit with Torrey and Jane
May,2018 - — Netherlands, Portugal – 5/2018
June,2018not started
- — Travel – bus trip – NYC – Atlantic City – Cape May – Philadelphia – NYC
June,2018Organized by Jeannette Gilstrap, 41 mostly old farts took a ride to Atlantic City, then on to Cape May and a stop in Philadelphia before returning to 145th St in Harlem.
- — Sun Room 114 Warren
June,2018INCOMPLETE 1/30/2021 After Karen began having troubles navigating the stairs
- — New Kitchen 114 Warren
June,2018INCOMPLETE 1/27/2020 When the architect who designed the Sun Room suggested changes to the kitchen the wheels started turning.
- — Bus trip – NYC, Atlantic City, Cape May, Philadelphia – 6/2018
July,2018Not started
- — Karen exhibits at Exposure 2018 at PRC Boston
July,201822nd Annual Juried Group Show at the Photographic Resource Center Opening July 12, 2018 at Lesley U. gallery at the old Sears building on Mass Ave. Cambridge. Very crowded reception. Lots of old friends and acquaintances. Karen’s work is from her Str… Continue reading Karen exhibits at Exposure 2018 at PRC Boston
— 266 Western Ave – a visit 7.12.2018 – 40 years later
July,2018
July 12, 2018 Visit by Jonathan and Andrea Andrea and Jonathan visited the house, and the current owner of the 3rd floor condo gave them a tour. Much to our amazement Mark’s open shelving system is still in place and in use. Entrance 266-8 Western Av… Continue reading 266 Western Ave – a visit 7.12.2018 – 40 years later
- — New Patio 114 Warren
August,2018INCOMPLETE – 1/27/2020
- — Travel – Netherlands – Sicily
October,2018 - — Netherlands, Sicily – 10/2018
November,2018not started
- — Super Bowl and Florida, Cousins’ Dinner…..
February,2019Drove to Cambridge for Super Bowl weekend. Then flew to Jacksonville FL. Stop at Kennedy Space Center. Much more interesting than expected. Drive south to Miami. Stay at posh hotel. Visit museums. Drive to Ft. Lauderdale for dinner with David Murphy.… Continue reading Super Bowl and Florida, Cousins’ Dinner…..
- — Florida, reschedule departure, Norton Museum, dinner with cousins – 2/2019 –
February,2019Monday 2/11/2019 United emailed with request to reschedule Tuesday’s flights to Wednesday. Karen made all of the arrangements including car rental and hotel for Tuesday evening. Went to Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach. Newly opened after huge… Continue reading Florida, reschedule departure, Norton Museum, dinner with cousins – 2/2019 –
- — Florida and cousins’ dinner – 2/2019
March,2019not started
- — Philadelphia and Washington – 2/29-3/1/2019
March,2019A long weekend jaunt to Philadelphia and Washington DC. Friday 3/29/2019 Left Hudson in time to arrive at meet Noah at U. Penn. by 12:30. We toured around this big campus on foot. Stopped in his dorm room on the 22nd floor of a high rise dormitory. V… Continue reading Philadelphia and Washington – 2/29-3/1/2019
- — Business Cards – a history
March,2019I’ve had a lot of business cards over the years.
— New Hudson Area Library – from old to new – the movie
March,2019
A movie assembled from still photos covering the period 2012-2016.
— Me and Religion – an essay
April,2019
In recent years I have become much more forward and public in expressing my dislike and distrust of organized religion. This occasionally leads to some uncomfortable exchanges with people I meet. But, organized religion is a force that must be dealt… Continue reading Me and Religion – an essay
— Philadelphia – Noah and Washington DC trip….
April,2019
Drove to Philadelphia. Quick walk about with Noah at University of Pennsylvania. Then on to Silver Spring MD to visit with Harvey and Betsy. Visit the Udvar-Hazy Air and Space Museum. Vietnamese dinner in Reston VA. Museums, especially the National B… Continue reading Philadelphia – Noah and Washington DC trip….
- — Philadelphia and Washington DC – 4/2019
May,2019not started.
- — Netherlands and Rome – May – June 2019
May,2019 - — Leiden, Rome, Pompei, Leiden – 5/20/19 – 6/7/19
June,2019Monday – Tuesday Marley escaped on our arrival. Captured hours later. Cloud cover from East coast of England to within a few hundred feet altitude at Schiphol. Stopped by Berkeley Heights to park the car at Ed’s house. Flight to Amsterdam left… Continue reading Leiden, Rome, Pompei, Leiden – 5/20/19 – 6/7/19
- — MMO Job History
June,2019Carpenter – Ernie Pierce Contracting – summer job – Lunenburg MA – 1964 Factory hand – part time during college – Appleton WI – 1966-68 Track gang – Soo RR – Appleton WI – Summer 1968 Spray Painter – Webb-Norfolk Conveyor, Cohasset MA – Summer 1969 H… Continue reading MMO Job History
— Facebook Wisdom
September,2019
9/5/2019 I’ve been collecting these screen grabs from Facebook over the last few weeks. As with everything on Facebook it is impossible to determine authorship. And of course it is also impossible to know why I saw these images instead of the probabl… Continue reading Facebook Wisdom
— Facebook Wisdom – 2
December,2019
12/13/2019 I’ve continued to collect these screen grabs from Facebook since my rpevious 9/5/2019 report . As with everything on Facebook it is impossible to determine authorship. And of course it is also impossible to know why I saw these images inst… Continue reading Facebook Wisdom – 2
- — 12/15/2019 – pre-Christmas Dinner
December,2019Sunday Cooked a bunch of dishes in the morning. Closed gallery at 1pm. Set up tables and chairs in the front room.
- — Karen publishes Still Stepping: a family portrait
January,2020After several years of work Karen published book, Still Stepping: a family portrait.
- — RBC closing – next steps
January,2020on the Riverside Business Coach website 1/15/2020 Mark announced: Riverside Business Coach is closing its doors. After more than 15 years of working with small business owners and managers, it’s time to officially wind things down. Effective 2/… Continue reading RBC closing – next steps
- — Leiden, Vienna, Leiden, Morocco, Leiden – December 2019 -January 2020
January,2020Three week trip to Leiden, Vienna, Morocco, Leiden from 12/17/19 to 1/8/20.
- — Riverside Business Coach – my favorite blog entries and other tidbits….
January,20201/21/2020 I haven’t written anything new for the RBC website since 2017. Yesterday I announced on the site that the business is closing down. This led me back to the site and a viewing of many of the blog articles I wrote over the years. Here are som… Continue reading Riverside Business Coach – my favorite blog entries and other tidbits….
— Jane Orton dies
January,2020
January 31, 2020 Jane had been diagnosed with a form of lung cancer 4 years earlier. Through some near miracle drug program she was symptom free, essentially cancer free for years. She continued her busy work life. And we had met up in Lisbon, Amster… Continue reading Jane Orton dies
- — Super Bowl Weekend
February,2020We continued our longstanding tradition of watching the Super Bowl with Bill Zinn and Nancy Bridges. This has been accompanied by some compulsive socializing. Breakfast with Linda Larson. Visits to Peabody Essex Museum, MIT Museum….. Brunch with th… Continue reading Super Bowl Weekend
- — Cambridge Trip – 2/2/2020
February,2020We’ve been making a trip to Cambridge on Super Bowl weekend for as many years as we have lived in Hudson – ten now. This is typically combined with a trip to Florida for Karen’s cousins’ dinner in Delray Beach. This year the two events were separate.… Continue reading Cambridge Trip – 2/2/2020
- — RiversideBusinessCoach.com mothballed
February,2020As of 1/20/2020 RiversideBusinessCoach.com is being decommissioned. An archive of the site is here: http://rbc.markorton.com/ (opens in a new window)
- — Karen exhibits at Center for Photography Woodstock
February,2020 
— Cousins Dinner – Florida
February,2020
Left for Miami Thursday 2/6/20 – returned to Hudson 2/11/20. Friday met up with David Murphy for galleries and lunch in Miami. Saturday more galleries and museums. Sunday in Delray Beach with cousin Flo. Monday evening dinner with cousins. Mark, Kare… Continue reading Cousins Dinner – Florida
- — Florida and cousins’ dinner – 2/2020
March,2020not started
- — Ed, Meredith, and company move to Arlington WA…. sort of
March,2020March 2020 Karen and I had a final visit to Berkeley Heights before Meredith, Parker, the cat and dog flew out to Seattle to take up residence at the new house in Arlington. Ed and Maggie will follow along at some point in the future. The transportat… Continue reading Ed, Meredith, and company move to Arlington WA…. sort of
- — Pandemic arrives at 114 Warren – March 12, 2020
March,2020Mark woke up Thursday morning, March 12th, at 4:30am to hear Karen talking to someone about cancelling her air flight to Houston TX for the Fotofest event. We had talked the night before briefly about the wisdom of her attending. I gave a moderately… Continue reading Pandemic arrives at 114 Warren – March 12, 2020
- — Pandemic begins March 2020 – Zoom, drinks, and Sunday drives
March,2020 - — Orton siblings begin weekly Zoom chats
March,2020March 27, 2020 First meeting with the siblings via Zoom. First of a weekly series that has now lasted into early 2021. More chatter amongst the siblings than in entire previous history.
- — Mark and Karen walk around Hudson
March,2020March 2020 The pandemic has brought on the need for more regualr exercise to repalce our former routines. Doubles tennis, in fact all tennis has stopped. So, we have taken up regular walks. Most start up Warren St. For the most part there are almost… Continue reading Mark and Karen walk around Hudson
— Pandemic Zoom Meetings since March 23, 2020
May,2020
Zoom meetings hosted by us to date: (we attended others hosted by others) Sun, May 3 05:30 PM – David, Ellen, Ian, Cynthia….. Sun, May 3 12:30 PM – OLD Family chat Sat, May 2 06:30 PM – Chat, drinks,etc. with ted and Anne Sat, May 2 04:00 PM – Mark… Continue reading Pandemic Zoom Meetings since March 23, 2020