Hmmm, having my website back has not magically given me more time to write for it. Last week was kind of a busy week. Not much cooking, too much eating, state library conference at the Kalahari Resort, featuring oblivious whiteness representations of Africa, in Wisconsin Dells, which itself is rife with oblivious whiteness representations of … [Read more…]
Gentle reader, please know, I finished grading on Sunday at about 6:30. Now it’s Wednesday at about 9:00, and I’m just getting finished with this post … Back then, I said, “Yay! Now only two syllabi and two online classes to get written and up and running, in two weeks. Can I put my pajamas … [Read more…]
In the continuing saga of the broken AC, first the AC guy came Monday morning. It was astonishingly fast after I had called them, but he couldn’t fix it – he said it’s an electrical problem (cost: $125). The electrician came Tuesday morning – I had a moment of being in a Firesign Theatre album, … [Read more…]
Over dinner on July 6 we were saying we wished all weekends could be four days. That’s why I thought my mom had the perfect schedule, back in the ’90s when she ran a small library at Braddock Hospital, now UPMC Braddock – oops I guess now closed, UPMC Braddock from 1996-2009. Mom retired in … [Read more…]
Basically how this week has been. On Monday I got up and started a batch of sourdough bread – I made a new starter and thought I should use it. I chucked my old one a few months ago, in a rash of fridge cleaning out. It was probably 20 years old. I used it … [Read more…]
Time for Wisconsin, and Illinois, fun. I collected my bag and drove home from the Milwaukee airport and was home by 2:00. Plenty of time for unpacking and a dinner of leftovers (Beef enchiladas, Metcalfe’s deli coleslaw, Zatarain’s Spanish rice mix with added chicken) followed by Game of Thrones, the Starbucks cup episode. I remain … [Read more…]
Thursday night I went to see Michael Nesmith at the Neptune Theater. The announcement said with Scott McCaughey and Ben Gibbard, and I didn’t know exactly how it was going to work. It turned out to be a short solo acoustic opening set by McCaughey, followed by Nesmith performing, seated with a 12-string guitar and a … [Read more…]
I saw Garbage at Madison WI’s new concert venue The Sylvee. It’s named after Sylvia Frank, the late wife of Herb Frank. They founded a family business, Frank Productions, that started off booking concerts at the Dane County Coliseum, and grew to booking live concerts all over the country. Still family run, at least until … [Read more…]
On Wednesday I went to Chicago to see Robyn Hitchcock. I took the bus both ways, left at 1:00 Wednesday and was back in Madison by 12:30 Thursday so it was a quick trip. Fun though. Robyn had an electric band with him, so I was hoping for more Soft Boys and Egyptians tunes, and … [Read more…]
Wow, I’ve not written for the same amount of time that was the out of date-ness of the milk that I tried to microwave for my coffee this morning, that turned into yogurt, or almost cottage cheese really, with the application of heat – curds and whey. It’s been busy and I’ve been forgetting, akin … [Read more…]