I have been so busy that I totally forgot to do a roundup of August posts and now it’s time for the September summary. Where does the time go? I have written fewer posts lately because I have spent more hours working for a new client and I expect that to continue for a while. Susanne has been busy as well with work travel and family matters so some weeks. And Seth is working full time.

Illustration by Josip Falica

Having said that, we have entered the month of pumpkins and apples, spooks and ghosts, cooler days and colder nights. Canada geese are honking their way south and the wild turkeys are gathering in the backyard, pulling together the big flock that finds safety in numbers.

On Saturday night I gave a Dark Side of Boston tour for Boston By Foot to a group of young people from countries in Europe and South America who are studying languages here. Just to be on the safe side I packed a pair of gloves because it was damp and raw. I knew I would need them if the rain came down in earnest and I had to hold an umbrella.

As we walked, damp turned to mist, the mist turned to drizzle, and the temperature dropped. The kids had not dressed well for the weather and one girl complained that her hands were freezing so I loaned her my gloves. They all pulled coats and sweaters tighter and hung in there through the whole tour—a terrific group. But my hands were cold and pruney by the time I got into the car.

Roundup of August and September Posts

Here’s the roundup of August and September 2016 posts so you can catch up on any you missed, read the Robot Chronicles in chronological order, or check out the new hidden gems and bronze menagerie animals in Boston.

Art and Museums 

• The New Britain Museum of American Art – Aline 

Boston and History 

• Boston’s Dearth of Dragons – Aline
• Boston Harbor Hotel Grand Observatory – Aline
• Building Boston: a Scale-model City – Aline
• The Boston Athenaeum’s Fascinating First Floor – Aline
• Writing About Boston’s Hidden Gems – Aline
• The Boston Fed’s Scrap Metal Giraffe – Aline
• The Marriott Hotel in a Molasses Warehouse – Aline 

Business and Technology

• Stupid Interview Questions – Susanne
• Good Interviews and Bad Processes – Aline
• How to Quit Your Job – Susanne
• Robots and Creative Destruction – Aline
• The Robot Chronicles Times Two – Aline
• Robots, Kiosks and Appliances – Aline
• CEO Weasel Words from Wells Fargo – Aline
• Do Bad Interviews Mean Bad Companies? – Aline
• The Irony of Airline Advertising – Susanne
• When Cultural Differences Become Obstacles – Aline
• My Personal Robot Wish List: 6 Ideas – Aline
• The New (Un)Dress Code – Susanne
• Thinking About a Robotic Workforce — Aline

Current Events

• Media Hype and Misinformation – Susanne
• Learning Types and Campaign Talk – Aline
• Campaign talk and the Ross Perot Effect — Aline

Food and Cooking

• The Great Pumpkin – Susanne 

Friends and Family 

• My Week as an Au Pair — Aline 

Health and Safety 

• The Vaccine Debate – Susanne
• Not All Milk Does a Body Good — Aline 

Mindfulness and Observations

• Golf, Meditation, and Mindfulness – Aline
• On My Mind: August 2016 – Susanne
• Public Noise and Private Messages — Aline 

Movies and Books

• Scoreboard of 6 Summer Movies — Aline
• People Don’t Read – Susanne
• Three Good Movies in a Dry Month — Aline