This picture, taken in 1980, shows Jackson working at NASA Langley.
Photograph credit: Langley Research Center; restored by Adam Cuerden
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COMMENTARY
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Writing this on Monday for tomorrow’s post.
The day after my return from a successful 36-hour trip to the Big Apple: quiet drives to and from, food indulgences like multi-course dinner and brunch, great visit to Met for their ‘Camp’ exhibit, lovely talks with daughter. Oh! Don’t forget a new-to-me favorite board game: Rummikub.
And the night before the NYC trip hosting a dinner for six.
Now back to the routine.
Got a call from a friend who needs a couch for a little bit. Okay.
The twenty boxes of belongings to another friend have returned home so we have room.
Friday, picking eight-year-old Vivi up from summer camp to take her to the MS Store for a lesson in computer art.
Very excited see her reaction.
She loves the children’s book on Jackson Pollack I bought for her when we went to the MFA.
Am teaching cousins Robert and Alex to make Frutta di Mare (later today) and they are going to set up a microphone and a lamp to enhance the quality of the promo pieces I’ll be filming on Tuesday.
And cooking for three now, at least for a little while.
And the blog. It just keeps coming.
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Weather
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
On this day Boston will be presented with 70* temps and rain.
Coming: Six perfect summer days.
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Tracking Postings – Tracking Time
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Our 473rd consecutive posting, committed to 5,000.
After 473 posts we’re at the 9.46 percentile of our commitment, that commitment a different way of marking the passage of time.
Posting always done by 6.00am the day of, but usually by 6pm of the night before.
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Dinner
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Sunday brunch was at Speedy Romero’s in Brooklyn.
Speedy’s has garnered the prestigious award of Bib Gourmand (the delightful little restaurants selected by Michelin Guide inspectors for their very good value for money) and well-deserved since the grilled octopus, the salami topping, and the pizzas were all first rate.
A terrific catch for the neighborhood.
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Chuckle of the Day:
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
A photographer from a well-known national magazine, assigned to take aerial photographs of the fire raging at Yellowstone National Park, scoots to the airport to find a two-seater warming up near the gate.
He jumps in with his bag and shouts, "Let's go!"
The pilot swings the little plane into the wind, and within minutes they’re in the air.
"Fly over the park and make two or three low passes so I can take the pictures."
"Why?"
"Because I am a photographer. Photographers take photographs."
After a moment’s silence, "You mean you're not the flight instructor?"
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We love getting mail.
Contact me at domcapossela@hotmail.com
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
This from Tommie T from So Carolina re quote from Seneca:
Dom,
I think it was Emerson who said that we are fortunate to have five real friends in a life time.
I think he was probably on the money!
I have many acquaintances but probably no more than a few "real" friends....those who would go to the wall for me. . . Who would bail me out of jail or fight for my life.
Web Meister Responds: I agree, TT. In my experience, the concept of loyalty is instilled by the culture into which we were born or into which we were indoctrinated. People who are loyal are sometimes at a disadvantage in the sense that they are more willing to do for their ‘friends’ than the reverse.
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Today’s Thumbnail
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Mary Jackson (1921–2005) was an African American mathematician and aerospace engineer at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, which was succeeded by NASA in 1958.
Hidden Figures is a 2016 American biographical drama film directed by Theodore Melfi and written by Melfi and Allison Schroeder.
It is loosely based on the non-fiction book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly about black female mathematicians who worked at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) during the Space Race.
For most of her career, she worked at Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia; starting as a computer at the segregated West Area Computing division, she later took advanced engineering classes and, in 1958, became NASA's first black female engineer.
Jackson working at the Langley Research Center
NASA - https://www.nasa.gov/content/mary-jackson-biography
After 34 years at NASA, Jackson had earned the most senior engineering title available. Realizing that she could not earn further promotions without becoming a supervisor, she accepted a demotion to become a manager of the Federal Women's Program in the NASA Office of Equal Opportunity Programs, as well as of the Affirmative Action Program.
In this role, she worked to influence both the hiring and promotion of women in NASA's science, engineering and mathematics careers. She was portrayed by Janelle Monáe as a lead character in the 2016 film Hidden Figures.
I have a number of Mary Jackson photos on my phone.
Someone worthy of copying.
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Good Morning on this Tuesday, the twenty-third day of July, 2019
Our lead picture continues the moon landing celebration, featuring a photo of Mary Jackson.
And our Thumbnail adds a bit more info about Mary and references the movie made of her rise at NASA.
Our commentary returns us to our edifying quotidian grind.
And we continue to illustrate the movement of time by counting the days of our posts.
We posted a bit of a weather forecast, as always.
Find a bit about a dinner out and another bit with a chuckle, ending with this Good Morning.
And now? Gotta go.
Che vuoi? Le pocketbook?
See you soon.
Your love.