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Sunrise at Edgewater
These photos were taken from our balcony at the beginning of our last day at Edgewater. The movers were coming to pick up our stuff at 8 am so we were up super-early. The NYC ferry just swept by to pick up its first load of passengers. Sue went to grab breakfast from McDonalds. Rise
Snow Day in Edgewater
I’d better post these pictures before Spring arrives. These pictures were taken a few days before Christmas 2009, some from our balcony. The kids had a great day playing on a huge pile of snow in front our community’s Christmas tree. We really enjoyed living there.
The Geography of Bliss: Happiness Scores
Continuing from yesterday’s blog on the book “The Geography of Bliss”, the author – Eric Weiner mentioned a World Database of Happiness that is maintained by Ruut Veenhoven at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. It describes itself as a continuous register of scientific research on subjective appreciation of life. For this research project, happiness
The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner
I finished this book last year in the summer and liked it a lot. The author described it as a “philosophical self-help humorous travel memoir.” Weiner was a veteran foreign correspondent for National Public Radio and traveled the world in search of the happiest places. This is how the book was described on his web site:
