AFL Podcast Episode #31 – Lee Williams, Life in Easton in the 40’s and 50’s – Whistle Britches and Other Apparel
Category: Life
Easton Town Meeting approves new pickleball courts engineering
Last night, Easton Town Meeting attendees voted to approve CPA spending of $38,000 for engineering work for 6 new dedicated pickleball courts. Next steps are to acquire construction bids and obtain final approval. If all goes right, construction can begin June 2020.
MarketWatch:Uber and Lyft IPOs mean the cheap rides are coming to an end
To get to profitability, ride-hailing companies will have to get rid of drivers or raise prices, and they are likely to do both…
Lee Williams – Snot Rags, Bicycles & Grange Fairs in the 40’s, 50’s
Lee Williams, Life Around the 5 Corners in the 40’s, 50’s
Lee Williams, Sights, Sounds and Smells of the Easton Furnace Village area during the 40’s and 50’s
Lee Williams, Having a Paper Route in Easton during the 40’s and 50’s
Listen to Easton townie, Lee “Mr. Easton” Williams, talk about how it was to have a paper route as a kid growing up in Easton during the 1940;s and 50’s.
AFL Podcast Episode #19 – Lee Williams, Farm Work in Easton during the 40’s and 50’s
A little Cape Cod R & R
Getting away with my honey for a couple of days to recharge the old batteries and get some of that clean ocean air in the lungs…
NPR – Anger Can Be Contagious — Here’s How To Stop The Spread
Even if you’re not aware of it, it’s likely that your emotions will influence someone around you today.
This can happen during our most basic exchanges, say on your commute to work. “If someone smiles at you, you smile back at them,” says sociologist Nicholas Christakis of Yale University. “That’s a very fleeting contagion of emotion from one person to another.”
But it doesn’t stop there. Emotions can spread through social networks almost like the flu or a cold. And the extent to which emotions can cascade is eye-opening.
For instance, Christakis’ research has shown that if you start to become happier with your life, a friend living close by has a 25 percent higher chance of becoming happy too. And your partner is more likely to feel better as well. The happiness can even spread to people to whom you’re indirectly connected…