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For whatever inconsequential reason, I came to work this morning with almost no sleep from the night before. It happens. One thing you learn...

Five things to do on the warmest winter day in Madison (perhaps ever): 1. Bike to work. Of course. What, no time? Make time. Say hi ...

So what do you think about those solar flares out there, huh? Paul asks customers as they come into his café. From there, the conversation ...

The ice on the lakes is gone. Melted. Disappeared. I see that this evening, on my way home. Finally I am ready for her. Rosie, Rosie,...

Ed, please, you have to get up and wash off before dinner. It’s Sunday evening. A quiet time, a lovely time, a time for family coming to th...

If you want to know in which area of life Ed and I have the most trouble  acquiescing   to the peculiarities of the other, let me tell y...

Well, let’s cook up soup again. A pot of it – vegetables from the season and frozen ones from last year’s garden. Stir it up, stir it up – a...

It’s still too cold to, say, take a leisurely stroll at the end of the day. If you’re walking, it better be brisk. And I’m still ignoring R...

Run that day by me again, wont you? Hey, thanks! Sixty-three degrees. Oh, that makes me so happy! Outside, I see them – buds. The lilac by...

Well now, that’s spring! 63 degrees. Sunshine, too. Snows of yesterday? Nearly gone! A day when students slide into warm weather mode. Bar...

The good thing is that much will change beginning Sunday. Say what? Things will change? Daylight savings is coming around to herald spri...

If yesterday I could hardly decide which garden was worthy enough, colorful enough, delightful enough for inclusion here, today presented no...

Ready for some trite words? Here they come: There isn’t a trip that I take where I don’t learn something – about stuff and, too, people --...