Who Else is Gonna Bring You a Bow and Arrow?

Off we go: into the woods, toward the harbor, up the hill,
through the old cemetery, and onto my newish pal Berg's
house--or, his "almost-house," as he's not quite done building
it. Berg needed to  set up a rope swing for his boys, and
had a fun idea: I'd bring my daughter's bow and arrow over, we'd
tie a fishing line to the arrow, then take turns trying to shoot
it up over the arm of an old maple. This required me to walk a
couple of miles with a bow and arrow strapped to my back. I may
have (slightly) frightened a couple of people walking their dog.


This week, another Philanthvertizement (TM) in lieu of a sponsor.
This one's from one of my personal icons of podcasting, the Slate
Political Gabfest's David Plotz. (Especially love the way he says
the word "effective.") David will be riding in this year's
Pan-Mass Challenge and aiming to raise $5500 for the Dana-Farber
Cancer Institute--in honor of his father, a veteran research
scientist at NIH, and to support his friend's son Dmitri, who is
one of thousands of children who benefits from the pediatric
brain cancer research done by Dana-Farber.


What a wonderful thing to do! WALKING podcast listeners: will you
join me and mobilize to get David to his goal? Here's a link to
donate. It's even tax-deductible. Wouldn't it be great if we all
just did that right now? Let's be...effective.