3:00 snapshot #1468

[urbpan]

I shot this over my shoulder as I was driving. Earl said "As a cognitive scientist I advise against that." Good advice. We were on our way to Thanksgiving Dinner at our friend's house in Salem.


Gouda's first visit to Somerville!


A little while earlier, all dressed up and ready to go.

Comments

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

omg i hadn't realized how *tiny* gouda is! TOO CUTE!!!

[twirlingtulip.livejournal.com]

!! :)

[kryptyd.livejournal.com]

Are ye near Salem? How cool and Lovecraftian. My US geography is crap. I don't know where anything is except New York and Sanfran. And that's vaguely, as in what coast.

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

Yes I'm pretty close to Lovecraft ground zero. (Of course, nothing in New England is all that far from anything else in New England). This summer his nearby (40 miles away) hometown of Providence Rhode Island held Necronomicicon, which I'm embarrassed to have missed, but I did contribute to the kickstarter for it.

Salem is about 30 in the other direction from my house, and is a popular tourist destination around Halloween believe it or not.

I just did a google search for "Dedham" (my town) + "HP Lovecraft" and came up with a line from "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward." A letter from the 1700s from someone in Providence inviting someone from Salem to visit advises "From Boston take ye Post Rd. thro' Dedham, Wrentham, and Attlebororough, goode Taverns be'g at all these Townes."

There's only one decent tavern left in Dedham, alas.

lol

[urb-banal.livejournal.com]

Does jeff assume the attitude of the dog in the photos or do the dogs assume his attitude?

I also like that you could say this was from any era (except for the back pack) and in several different countries (I'm thinking Ireland).