Ellen Living

I watched Charlie Wilson’s War last night and I’m glad I didn’t pay $9 to see it in the movie theater. While the performances by Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts & Philip Seymour Hoffman were above par the story for me didn’t grasp me the way I thought it would. I liked the movie but didn’t [...]

My brother Ed put together this map showing the address we grew up at in Natick and the proximity and our activity around the Natick Laboratories, a superfund site. According to an article, Natick’s Superfund Site, the following has been found. Over the years a substantial amount of dry cleaning fluid (also called perchloroethylene or [...]

Swimming with a nurse shark Originally uploaded by ellenm1206 One of my adventures in Cancun, actually off coast of Islas de Mujeres where I went snorkeling, saw some dolphins & turtles and finally held and kissed a nurse shark. If I had been stronger I would have gone scuba diving but illness this winter kept [...]