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Good morning, it's five o'clock, this is your wake up call. I did not order a wake up call! I hardly slept… Well get going, you sai...

Not a time to get all sentimental, is it? I’m leaving tomorrow morning. My God, I am leaving tomorrow morning???? The last time I packed my ...

Hey, Wisconsin loyalists, we are in the middle of spirit week! Of course, if you’re visiting from elsewhere and you don’t know this, it may ...

It’s a song. Switch a word (traveler for hobo) and you have a Madison eatery. Or a bar. Or something. You also have me, a person who is wear...

more april observations One reason why I had always thought that I was well suited for the “house in southern France” idea (or in Italy – ta...

Someone asked me very recently – what are birthdays for anyway? Everyday should be like a birthday, celebrating the people we like and love....

That’s my birthday wisdom. It has nearly always worked. It helps that I was born in this second half of April. Imagine, a light breeze, tr...

There’s no question. There will be no sanity in the week ahead. None at all. I’ve hit that time period before the blast off, you know, when ...

Look outside. Ohhhhh, warm. A Mr.B kind of morning. I am at an appointment on the far west side. Hurry up, doc, I have to be at a Very Impor...

I set a goal: write five exam questions per day. I wake up early, work through my lectures, meetings, emails and then finally I am ready. Qu...

I had a meeting at Fair Trade Café on State Street this afternoon. I was almost late because I could not find a parking spot. For Mr.B . Why...

Admittedly, the secular aspects of Easter are entirely pleasurable. Bunnies, chiks, pink and lilac eggs, willow buds, tulips, chocolate – am...

STORM UPDATE : So the roof over the loft held steady. True, flakes of the older roof came crashing down as a result of yesterday’s hail stor...