The abundant waters of March in Concord

Last weekend, the family and I went out east for a visit, and stopped by the Concord battlefield on Saturday. The photo above shows the "trail" that leads from the Old North Bridge and the famous Minuteman monument to the rest of the park. Obviously, the Concord River had some other ideas.

Looking down, the waters were well above their designated channels.

Living with a novel

Yesterday I finally finished Norman Mailer's enormous historical novel about the CIA, Harlot's Ghost. I'm a good reader, so I'm ashamed about how long it took me to finish the thing. And now, I feel like I just threw out of my house an 80-year-old distant uncle who spent several weeks on my couch spouting dirty stories, conspiracy theories about Sam Giancana, and pseudo-Freudian nonsense. Glad he's gone, but kinda miss him already.