Maya is trying out for the CRI crew team this spring as a coxswain. If bossiness is one of the desirable attributes, then I think she will be a shoe in. Maya has a way of making you do things that you don’t necessarily want to do without making you upset. Winding up with half an orange I have peeled for myself or slowly stealing my blanket as the reward for massaging her fee, for example. She has practice every night this week and today I was in charge of delivering her to the Harry Parker Boathouse, pictured below, along with the Ruth Somerville Sculling Pavillon and a crew that dodged chunks of ice to get a workout on the water.