lest I forget ! thank you son for your most helpful posting. I will count on your assistance as I hobble up the mount and I think the hose idea is brilliant.
Ma

Since starting my baby blog I've discovered that like all living things it tends to branch....the Mt. Washington odyssey to mark my (egad) upcoming 60th prompted "R" to recommend the following titles, which I'll pass on to you... (and I'll leave it to R to identify herself further if she wishes - or not) the titles are:
Carolyn Heilbrun's The Last Gift of Time and her earlier book Writing a Woman's Life . I'm merrily reading The Last Gift and will happily share thoughts with other readers...

also relating to the passage of time ...
I recently attended a SCILS dinner (Rutgers School of Communication Info and Library Studies) at the Rutgers Club in New Brunswick and saw a notice of an upcoming event there, featuring singer Jeannie Bryson and her combo. It happens that in 1992 Ms. Bryson and her then-combo graced our branch in concert. It was so very good. She has a voice like velvet. here's a pic from the past...

Happy Hiker

did you ever hike Mt. Washington, or anything in the Presidential range, or anything 4000' + ?? tell me all....I hope to celebrate my 60th (gag) by doing that hike and I'm gathering wisdom from all quarters

unrelated but hilarious.....did you ever read Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods ?