Category Archives: history

Performing Life: Playing the Fool with Global Play Brigade

Posted on 2021/04/06 by circuskitchen

Tuesday, April 6th 2021 . Today I get to take a sweet little clown workshop online with performers from around the world. If you look in the Zoom boxes you can see Boston, Atlanta, New York & California in the … Continue reading →

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Signs of Hope: Quackenstein Edition

Posted on 2021/03/31 by circuskitchen

Wednesday, March 31st 2021 . Professor Quackenstein and the Boston Duck Boats are coming back. Two of our city’s absolute jewels are coming baaaaack! . Boston Duck Tours Optimistic About 2021 Season [2:36]: . #DanFoley *

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Boomers Got the Vax by SNL

Posted on 2021/03/28 by circuskitchen

March 28th 2021 . Boomers Got the Vax – SNL [3:29]: . “Hm. Good for me!” It’s funny because it’s (sad but) true. .

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Baby’s First Chiropractic

Posted on 2021/03/26 by circuskitchen

Friday, March 26th 2021 After ClaraJane reports lower right back pain enough times, I get her in to the chiropractor. . My own chiro, Dr. Ken Lowey of Newton Center Chiropractic, has saved -restored!- my life functioning a multitude of … Continue reading →

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Walden Tonic

Posted on 2021/03/20 by circuskitchen

Saturday, March 20th 2021 ~ First Day of Spring . 2021-03-20 Walden Tonic [2:30]: . . . Please See: What men do for fun from r/TikTokCringe: https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCringe/comments/mbb6gq/what_men_do_for_fun/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 . .

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Me and Anti-Racism: A Beginning

Posted on 2021/03/18 by circuskitchen

March 18th 2021 While this is by no means my first foray into grappling with the inescapable dominant paradigm of white supremacy in our culture, this is my first time joining a book club about it. Also my first time … Continue reading →

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Vaccine Hangover

Posted on 2021/03/12 by circuskitchen

Friday, March 12th 2021 It is not without significance that dear husband also got vaccinated the previous day… against Covid-19 courtesy of the Cambridge School Department. Hooray! So my man and all the feline boys are pretty zonked out today, … Continue reading →

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Beach Bro

Posted on 2021/03/10 by circuskitchen

March 2021 Here is my brother as a young homeless hippy living on a beach in Hawaii. One of my favorite photos of any person of all time. . . Now it’s a few lifetimes later and it just makes … Continue reading →

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Kim Holderness on “Going Back to Normal”

Posted on 2021/03/09 by circuskitchen

March 9th 2021 Most of my life I’ve functioned as the most extroverted of extroverts. (Even though I also need alone time to recharge.) Since quarantine began, whatever social muscle that is has atrophied and I don’t find myself wanting … Continue reading →

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The Tonic of Walden Ice

Posted on 2021/03/07 by circuskitchen

Sunday, March 7th 2021 Unable to tolerate another day around the house, I insist we go out into nature *somewhere.* Being big dumb novices with no planning, I choose an easy target; walk around Walden Pond. Daddy contracts a sudden … Continue reading →

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