Ocean

My day is that. Immersed in the quiet of work. And then, a ride home, by the lake. [oh, by the way, Madisonians: you need no longer say that...

And again work intrudes into just about every waking hour this week. The pay off? Enjoying doing things not haphazardly. Enjoying work. Work...

It was such a windy day! The waters of Lake Mendota looked like the Baltic on an especially choppy day. Perhaps I exaggerate. But only sligh...

I wake up and, for the first time since maybe April, I get up to shut the window a bit. Because it is cold outside. Biking to or from work i...

Who knew, three months ago, that the dry, caked soil would be water logged? And home to an exploding population of mosquitos? Who knew. And ...

Camera remains intermittently broken. Bats cannot take care of all the bugs that are out there right now. Riding on the roof of the car is f...

Ed, my occasional travel companion, has taken to watching clips from the NYT food section on the Net. It didn’t take long for him to start s...

It pretty much describes this week. And since I do not, anymore, blog about work, you are left here with posts about…the weather. It is an i...

That’s it. Storms tomorrow will push this bubble of hot bliss out of reach until next year. The temperature outside or inside a room is not ...

Interestingly, in coming up with something to say about myself to my first day, first semester, first year law students, I said (among other...

So who asked the mosquitoes to come to this party? And don’t they believe in reproductive restraint? Unbelievable. I wanted to photograph a ...

What would you consider the unusual, here, on Ocean ? A season with very very limited travel? Posts that describe in great detail the purcha...

How would you describe/title (any or all of) the three photos below? They’re from this morning, from the Westside Community Market here in M...

Yesterday, I called it a day. There were no more nails to pound. One last meal at Henrietta’s (she was the first to implant the the words “f...

Eventually I can do it. I can figure out how to drill in fasteners into tough walls. How to work blinds into uneven window frames. I can. It...

I cross campus again and again. Always, there is the temptation to take a photo of the white spire against a blue sky. A classic for this pl...

Inspire, aspire, perspire, I’ve seen it all on this day. Without truck, I am left to run errands on foot. Screw wont go in. Get drill bit fr...

It has been suggested that I may do well with a get to know Cambridge kind of day. You know, one with a solid brunch and a few pokes here an...

Well now. Well now! That was a road trip to end all road trips. I had it all this day – 800 miles of traffic, non traffic, rainy skies, clea...

In Chicago: packing, lifting, stacking, carrying down to the curb. Finally, furniture and daughter, loaded in. Ready to go. Wow, is it noon ...