In the library....

going through e-mails that came in in the last two days, lots of work---many things happening, of course, really upset about the Dallas tragedy---impressed with the statement that I heard earlier this morning by the police chief.  Hope to get more news as it comes in.
   Boston trip---bus not bad, after moving from hostile person who took the seat next to me---a lot of anxiety after that, but settled in next to a teen-ager and things went okay from there. But trip very efficient, took exactly 4 hours and a quarter, and that is with a lot of traffic in NYC and a good deal between NY and New Haven. Rest of trip good sailing. The teen ager next to me actually had just graduated from Bronx Science, so I shared some comparisons from my day there. We discussed student loans, and I told him about the need for commercial rent control in the city. Good companionship.
 Arrived in Cambridge in the early afternoon, found the guest house easily---walked a bit around Inman Square before returning and preparing for trip to Fenway Park. That trip will probably be the last one I make, so pushed and frantic was the atmosphere at the ball park. This is the "new" Fenway, updated by the owners who took over in the early 2000's Not good,  Park overcrowded on a very hot day---hordes and hordes of people moving about---over expensive food and drink not even approaching decency. Got a ticket for $35.00 from a nice older patron, but too restless to stay there, watched the first inning of the game from the standing room section behind home plate probably the best place to watch the game from. Very relieved and exhausted when I left after inning 1. Then was hungry again, found a starbucks in the nearby Barnes and Noble, and opted for a turkey-swiss sandwich. Opened it, found it terrible in taste, plus a small fly seemed to be hidden in the sandwich itself (at least it is the way I perceived it) No, I did not go back and demand a refund or a new sandwich---figured I might as well grin and bear it and get out of there. Returned to the Cambidge House around 9, stayed up for another hour, and then went to sleep, actually slept well in the comfortable bed that was provided.
   Left the next morning around 10, was able to get 11:25 train to Providence, spent the time until 4, when the Amtrak train left wondering around downtown. There has been a tremendous amount of building in the downtown area since I was last there (1992?) Area full of "luxury" hotels, a big mall right near the station, and what looks like a glut of high rise apartments. This is the "wave of the future" , apartments for well to do people near downtown, my impression is that they are totally cut off from most of the world around them. A de facto segregated world, maybe people liiving there have the best intentions, but it seems to me like a "controlled" neighborhood. Only in Providence for three hours, but seemed like a long time, absorbed a great deal of the energy of that neighborhood, and finally took the Amtrak at around 4. That trip long and arduous and a little late, bus seems to be much more "human" these days---but don't want to deal with traffic jams on my way back to the city, hence the train.
   Rest of day, should go to Samantha's opening in the afternoon, may see many members of the class of 09 there---how do you feel about that, cityboy?  Not sure about the evening, what it will bring. Tomorrow, some lessons, then the meeting in the library in Brooklyn tomorrow afternoon. Sunday is the anti-gentrification day at the Brooklyn museum.
 Should report tomorrow...