Ocean

A busy day. Of course. Moving in can be as taxing as moving out. I looked over the three or four photos that I took all day and I liked no...

I look out the window of first daughter’s new home… …then second daughter’s new home and I think what every parent must think when the...

If I could draw a cartoon of myself today it would be of a person drooping under the weight of a heavy load. Yes, I collected a few bloggabl...

I am on the short flight from Madison to Detroit. Nina? A familiar voice from the seat behind me. I slam my seat back hard in friendly gr...

Exactly. A drippy kind of day. It had a window of light, but otherwise – the rain came down and the skies remained gray. So that even the co...

No real post tonight. Just a photo that joins two prominent chef-proprietors together – Odessa of the first twenty-eight l’Etoile years and ...

I am a law student. Pregnant with a second child, married to an academic, holding the hand of a little girl. The three of us walk up the ste...

It was a stormy day. Anyone living in this town would tell you that the flashes and rumblings the past two days have been out of control. I,...

They gather every Wednesday, after work hours. One hundred, maybe two, parking their cars, each week in a different place, a short drive out...

A full day, a late night. I'll explain tomorrow. In the meantime, a teaser, yet again. Last time I did this on Ocean , it was too easy...

We need to talk business – I say this in my most serious voice. I am working on a project with Ed – machine stuff, if you can believe it, a...

I have lived in Madison for twenty-seven years now – more than half my life – and I have never, until this year, experienced a corn festival...

If you let me off until tomorrow, I promise to post pictures and stories on butter, husks, salt, liberally covering many ears of corn at the...

So what’s it like living downtown? Take the last twenty-four hours in this place. What did they bring me? Sure, a good dinner, just a short ...