It's another slow day on the news front and you've got the time so today we revisit "Best Chance U," Elizabeth Jenny's '19 "inside look at the Ivy League football experience of black players at Dartmouth College.
"Best Chance U", Elizabeth Jenny ‘19 from Dartmouth Film & Media Studies on Vimeo.
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Also, for your viewing pleasure, here's the entertaining trailer for Erik Greenberg Anjou's 2008 documentary, "8, Ivy League Football and America." (Unfortunately the full film is not online.)
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EXTRA POINT
Those of you who have been regular visitors to this electronic precinct might remember that after we sold our Etna (Hanover) house we spent one very special summer in an off-the-grid "tiny house" deep in the woods not far from where we now live. It was a summer of reading, Scrabble, no TV, cooking almost exclusively on a grill, an outdoor shower and watching the occasional episode of Monk on DVD (when the laptop had a charge) before an early bedtime.
Mrs. BGA and I were talking last week about our plans for this summer and after batting around a few ideas decided a week of unplugged relaxation at the tiny house would be a perfect elixir for the craziness of the past year. The third member of the family, resting on the deck in the picture below, would certainly agree.
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| The tiny house has an outdoor shower (left of the window), composting toilet, propane stove and fridge, and a sleeping loft. |
Interestingly, since our summer there the tiny house has gone up on Airbnb and the owners tell us that in these "socially distant" times it rented regularly all winter. That despite having to carry in water, often having to park at the bottom of the hill and walk in because of snow and ice, and the shorter, cloudy days making it hard for the solar panel – which powers a few lights – to keep up with demand. I'm not sure how eager we would have been to spend a winter week there, but a week in the summer? Priceless.
