Ocean

...for the sunshine! It helps to set out in the morning to this. When the bright light shines down on Bascom Hill, even the snowman t...

I look outside my office window and I see a giant snowman on Bascom Mall (the expanse of hill just outside my office window). It's not a...

Ed tells me – we should get our Dane County skiing permits. As we navigate the ins and outs of doing this online, we note that not all parks...

To live in the country, to travel freely and not infrequently to the city. That’s my idea of a good life. We drive up to the farmhouse aft...

I toss about this for a good part of the night: snowstorm Friday. I need to be in Chicago in the evening. What if traffic comes to a grindin...

Today my youngest one turns 27. Happy birthday, sweet little thing. A child of warmth, born on a cold day. But don’t fret – there are flower...

Wednesday: predawn A moon shines over Córdoba... It isn’t a night moon. It’s the one that stays high on an otherwise dark morning. Barely v...