Ocean

I looked at Ann’s blog photos from NYC (you MUST check them out here ) and I couldn’t believe it. There’s a shot from her hotel window. Oh, ...

Who can forget these? The Great Communicator. The Teflon President. The 9 to 5 President. The Gipper. A Made-for-Television President. Autho...

It came a month too early this year: my turning a back toward the little Giverny that is my yard. Why? Why? Why walk away when colors like t...

A reader not favorably inclined toward blogs wrote the following email yesterday: “your blog (appears to) overshadow(s) too much else…” I ...

Thanks to the reader who suggested adding the CD “Story of Chanson” to a list of these French classics. I myself also like “Paris After Dark...

Q : Why did it take you so long to post something to your blog today? A : I am so mad. I do not even want to answer that. Okay, briefly...

Today was a classic! The sun brought out thousands, thus it was fortuitous that I started my L’Etoile foraging early. The Madison marke...

Nostalgic yet progressive. Diverse, creative and multicultural. Gipsy jazz and musette. Rich in poetry, satire, drama and emotion. The examp...

I walked along the railroad tracks today and predictably, they reminded me of how much I love things associated with trains. My grandpare...

A curious reader asked about the Polish first grade experience. A photo is worth a thousand words in this case. Here we are, in the first mo...

Am I the only one who read this at first (and second and third) glance to say “ New! No Low-carb Options! ” ? I know, I know, there is inde...

For as long as I have lived up Old Sauk hill, I have passed Rosie * in the morning as she helps cross school children to the other side of ...

The side stairwell in the Dane County Court House smells like my state-run nursery school did back in post-war Poland. No one here can confi...

I am continuing with my efforts to learn more about the tricks and gimmicks available to me for blogging purposes. Blogger has new photoblog...

I went for a walk last night. I roamed the streets of the neighborhood – something that I don’t often do since it is basically a suburb and ...

So how do you explain this email that came to me today: Please join us at the Annual "All Alumni/ae and Teachers Reunion" June...

Six months ago ** to the day ‘Ocean’ was born. And here it is, with a new look * and a bouquet of irises fresh from the Market to commemor...

Could it be? No thunder? No need for buckets to catch the overflow? No wet two-foot-tall grass in the back yard? Could it be? We are done wi...

According to today’s IHT ( here ), many think that the candidates are ill-suited to the job and so they inspire little political passion amo...

I heard on NPR that the last widow of a Civil War (Confederate) soldier died yesterday. Hmm. That seemed remarkable. Wasn’t the Civil War in...