natasha's corner

This is a map of the route my package took to arrive via FedEx: I never would have guessed that the best way to get something from Pennsylvania to Boston is through Tennessee. But then, geography was never my strong point. (Memphis must be FedEx City.)

Taken at the "Importance of Presence in Presentations" session at the UPA Boston Mini Conference.

It is now.

There’s nothing quite like a commute home from work in the snow. It started off with me slipping and sliding along the barely-cleaned sidewalks of Cambridge to get to my T stop. It’s really quite an adrenaline rush as you feel your legs slip in odd directions, anticipating the fall that is sure to follow, [...]

The Boston Herald: Saturday, November 23, 1963 When my parents bought their house, we found a box in the attic full of newspapers and magazines from 1963 and 1964, all about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. All the newspapers are local to the Hartford area, with a few exceptions like The Boston Herald. [...]

I counted 13 red lights telling me a train was coming. I guess better safe than sorry?

The drive to the train station was beautiful this morning. It snowed on Sunday morning and then snowed even more overnight. It got me thinking that one of the things I love about living in New England is that we get the beauty and colors of all seasons. Winter is a pristine white, spring is [...]

Someone built this tiny snowman at my train stop. It totally made my day as I was waiting for the train in the feels-like-sub-zero temperature this morning.