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If ever there was good luck, I have it in this: my best pals from law school days (when I was a student), all three of them, have settled in...

Early this morning, I nudge Ed to get going. No time to waste. I want to go out to the farmhouse before my morning class. I want to take one...

(On the Square today) People to admire: so many who, in their daily working lives put forth an effort, over and beyond what you’d expect. ...

When life deals you a long hard day, maybe it’s time you had a burger? That, at least, was my reasoning. I have burgers maybe once e...

You’d be surprised how many people do not celebrate Valentine’s Day. A meaningless day, my students tell me. Hallmark stuff. No substance b...

My hands are raw from some cleanser or other. Figures: Sunday is cleaning day. I finish polishing the condo. We move on to the farm house....

It’s curious when the change happens: when you see yourself as belonging to the category of people who are thinking out loud about retiremen...

I had hearings to attend this morning, but I forgot to take the materials home with me, so that at least one important document that I sorel...

I cannot recall a day this year when I was as tired, as worn out, as cold, as struggling to feel energetic -- as today. It was, I hope, th...

Still very cold. Snow covered cold. Bitter winter cold. I’ll be spending spring break (which comes in mid-March, a mere four weeks a...

The cactus has finished its period of bloom. Time to pick up something else that will brighten a February morning. Typically I’d go for the ...

I have to accept that this week is going to be somewhat of a wash. I expect to be in my office most daylight hours. It is so difficult to po...

I sip my glass of wine and half watch the football game. I’m glad the Packers are doing well as many of my friends and loved ones care about...

[First – a thank you to my all the commenters, always. You have been especially fun and funny and sweet in the last days and months, and I d...

In an unusual confluence of pressures and demands, both Ed and I hurriedly went off to attend to work issues early this morning. But somewhe...

It’s not that I dislike winter, it’s just that I like spring and summer so much more. Is there a person who doesn’t prefer the first daffodi...

It is one quiet world out there. As if the Super Bowl came to Wisconsin a few days ahead of schedule and even the bus drivers stayed home to...

When the chancellor of my university announced tonight that the campus would be closing tomorrow because of the blizzard, I was disappointed...