[Magdalen] 40 years ago today

[Mahoney, W. Michael]

I was there - - in Cambridge - - on a business trip when the snows started
to fall.

Our meetings were near Harvard Square and our hotel on Memorial Drive along
the river.  We had to walk since there were no cabs.  The students were
playing football; the snow was already so deep that it was all rather
comical.

I was annoyed with my colleague who had insisted that we stay at moderate
hotel so as to keep within his per diem allowance.  We were, as a result,
stuck in a hotel without a restaurant and, worse, no bar.

I don't recall how many days Logan was closed but after two or three we
were able to get seats on a very crowded train back to Washington.

A fun memory, actually.

Mike M.

On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 5:33 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:

> We were living on Chestnut St.
> Had a gas stove, so we did lots of cooking for neighbors who’d converted to
> electric.
> I made tons of bread, too, but not much of a rise due to no heat. The cat
> slept with us under the bedclothes, unusual for him.
>
> We were worried about friends who were older, but out walking one day ran
> into Lawrence Channing walking down Charles St. brandishing an old pair of
> ski poles.
>
> IIRC Ash Wednesday fell during that week. Brought a couple of people home
> from the Advent for vegetarian lasagna.
>
> I remember it as a magical time, but we were young and hardy then.
> -M
>
> On Tuesday, February 6, 2018, Charles Wohlers <chadwohl at satucket.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Was the Blizzard of ‘78, remembered “fondly” by those of us who lived in
> > the Boston area then. I was working in Waltham just off 128 at the time
> and
> > living in Concord, less than 10 miles away. Like most, I left work early
> > but it still took ~2 hours to get home. Others of my co-workers weren’t
> so
> > lucky – some had to travel south on 128 to get home and were stuck in
> their
> > cars on 128 overnight.
> >
>