Ocean

The hardest thing about being the prof and not the one professed to is that, at social events, you have to know when to leave. Even though l...

Day spent working and peeling 100 + shrimp (which is also work) for this: I take pot lucks seriously. And no, I did not use the road-fatigue...

Bicycling home on Tuesday I had a spill. Luckily, it was not while I navigated, just seconds before, a crossing of University Avenue at rush...

My days have been variously touched on (caressed? punched at? both?) by this university since 1979. Initially I came as a lecturer. And as a...

I’m not referring to credit cards. Go elsewhere if you want to read about those. I’m thinking of credit of the type where you say “ you gott...

If you want to step up physical activity in Wisconsin at the onset of winter, you have to be prepared to suffer. I mean, I assume you’re alr...

I met a person tonight who moved to Madison (to my condo building) just last year, after spending most of her adult life in D.C. Miss D.C.? ...

I’m looking forward to winter. There, I’ve said it. And I’m not the only one. I wake up at five, but only for a moment. Enough to think – we...

It’s a rare day that I can’t produce at least one photo for Ocean . Today is such a day. Working at home all day is terrible for Ocean and ...

Love the stuff. Soda with a splash of orange. Maybe it's the idea that orange can come in a splash. And that Italians are responsible fo...

Hike to a bakery. I’m not using a car this semester. Bakery not on bus route. My students promised a costume or two in exchange for treats. ...

Get up early, work. Go to class, look out, see beautiful sky, ignore it. Go to second class. Look out, go out, take photo, move paper, eat, ...

Late afternoon. After a full day. Charged, you might say. Drive south, toward Paoli. Not too far. Get out, walk. Then, just a little more so...

…That it is the end of October. … that this barn hasn’t toppled with the wind. …that Ed, who is the owner of the barn, hasn’t toppled it so ...

One reason to prefer France over, say, Wisconsin, is that the outdoor markets in France are a year-round thing. You could argue that weather...