The talk at town hall last night was terrific.

Anthony Amore, author of “The Rembrandt Heist” kept the audience enthralled with his wisdom, wit, and professionalism.

He is the head of security at the Gardner Museum on Boston. He spoke about becoming friendly with one of the most prolific art thief, Myles Connor.

We also learned that a team of investigators, including Myles, are actively working on the theft of a Samurai sword stolen from the Millicent library in Fairhaven MA.

Key Details of the Theft and History

• The Gift: On July 4, 1918, the Japanese Ambassador to the U.S., Viscount Kikujiro Ishii, presented the 14th-century Tachi samurai sword to the Town of Fairhaven. [1, 2]
• The Symbolism: The sword was a gift from Dr. Toichiro Nakahama (son of Nakahama Manjiro) to honor Captain William Whitfield of Fairhaven, who had rescued the shipwrecked young Japanese fisherman Manjiro in 1841. [1, 2, 3]
• The Disappearance: The artifact was kept in a glass display case at the Millicent Library for nearly 60 years before it was stolen in 1977. [1]

Many were pleasantly surprise, when at the end of the lecture, Anthony introduced the audience to Miles sitting in the front row. Also how many of the best security experts were in the audience willing to talk to anyone that approached them.

The lecture and the book are two of the most interesting thins I have experienced.

Read about Myles Connor here. https://www.bostonmagazine.com/…/myles-connor-how…/…

We here on the south coast of Massachusetts are experiencing a 4 day Nor’Easter. Heavy rain and howling winds. I did get 5 days of short rides around town before hunkering down.

I don’t have enough footage for the end of the month video. Instead I am going back in time to a day when our Luna Libros ride was transported a century back in time when the comet Neowise entered our solar system. Even the footage was transported to video quality circa 1920.

Fortunately at as 10 PM approached, The contrail dust fell from the sky, coating the riders with future dust brining us back to the 21st century. Enjoy

Part 1 of the grandchildren tour.

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Bits from the last week of August 2026. The next two weeks I’ll be in Colorado and Atlanta shooting videos.

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For better quality, click the “Watch on YouTube” link at the bottom right of the video.

A few years ago I was making lots of bike videos. Before that I would overload my blog with photos and dialog. A producer for a local Boston TV station was a regular on the rides I was leading.

I always did an opening and closing dialogue when I was the ride leader. After a longish ride I started to talk to the producer about the ride while filming him. He realized that this interview would be at the end of the video. That’s when he gave me the best piece of advise. First he said, “no one will see this clip.” Your videos are too long as are most of the clips.”

Back than my videos were 14-15 minutes long. My blog post with dialogue and photos were also very long. “Have an opening that will get the viewers attention. A hook. Keep the videos close to 4 minutes. Try to make the viewers want more.” The last piece of advice was something that worried me. My age. He said I’m looking old on the videos. Either put on make up, or stay behind the camera.

Here is my latest done fully behind the camera.

#2 Son was part of the Harvey Gamash tall ship crew. They sailed from Portland, Main to New Bedford, MASS. The ship will sail to NYC and join the tall ships sailing from NYC to Boston for the 250 year celebration of the USA.

I rode to the waterfront with my cameras and got some decent shots. Relax and enjoy

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