The old man living in this house has refused to sell, and the city's reluctant to claim eminent domain. Boston politics (exasperated sigh). In reality, this is a very important old building where many significant things took place in relation to a very exciting historical circumstance (we really can't remember what happened here).
Phillips Brooks, represented in this imposing statute, was a minister here in Boston. He's perhaps best known to you all as the author of "O Little Town of Bethlehem." He's also the originator of one of Michael's favorite quotes, "Be such a man and live such a life, that if every man were such as you and every life a life like yours, this earth would be God's paradise."
In between sessions during Conference weekend we took a walk at the Arnold Arboretum close to our house in Jamaica Plain. These flower were really pretty, but we can't remember what they're called (like most things). And the previous picture is of a bonsai tree (wax on!). There was a whole garden full of them. Like many other things in Boston, Harvard is the generous donor responsible for the Arboretum. Veritas!
A couple of weeks ago, we became one of the millions and millions to have hiked the third most hiked mountain in the world. Surely you've heard of Mount Monadnock (pronounced Mah-nadd-nok, with the accent on the second syllable). As these pictures show, we made it all the way to the top. And, as the fact that we're blogging shows, we made it all the way back down to the bottom too!
In other news, Sarah's temporarily working for BG Medicine as a lab tech. She started working there two weeks ago and is enjoying it.
And Michael's been hitting those law school books hard (during the week, that is). Love y'all. Thanks for reading. 'Til we blog again--maybe even in less than a month. :)
Keep up the good work! I've not been to any of those places, thanks for the tourist tips.
ReplyDeletePretty cool stuff you get to do back in ol' New England. We are looking forward to seeing you soon.
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