Ocean

You take a balloon and you slowly let the air out. With a great sputter. And what you have left is a shrunken heap of rubber. It sort of des...

Twenty years ago, I became an attorney. I stood in the courtroom of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin and I swore to be a decent lawyer. I thin...

The colors of spring: yellow, sprouting from the green – nice. Bees love it. For some reason, this side of the ocean does not. And I am also...

If the most important thing in your life is the making of honey and you live in Wisconsin, then you were in luck today. The opportunities be...

Bicycles are an enigma for me in many many ways, but, I am committed again to a (virtually) car-free spring summer and fall and so it was ti...

What do the Canadian Rockies and Sad Liberals have in common? The two forces that caused me to skip a day of blogging. Amazing. In the remot...

Just three days ago I was posting photos that were to acknowledge the beauty of Paris in April. I feel I ought to give equal time to my home...

I need say absolutely nothing. I took three photos today – here they are: Wake up, look outside: From my office, a poignant view of the stru...

It is the only photo that I took today, but what a story behind it! – my housing issues are resolved and I quickly shift toward planning the...

An Easter Sunday afternoon. Such crowded streets! Open bakeries, pastry shops and the occasional store. Packed cafés and restaurants. Play m...

Whatever made me do this * ?? Insane. I should act my age and bake cookies in my free time. Or in the alternative, sip a nice noisette and w...

The trick is to be enchanted by what you see, even if you are somewhat removed from it. So that even when you’re out alone for the evening, ...

in two chapters: 1. stay in the village Last night my landlady, Anne, stopped by. A young woman, as French as they come (meaning a million t...