I mean, cookie season’s not quite over; there’re still quite a few cookies in the house, buckets with kinds we like for us to eat, clamshells that people will be picking up for the leftover cookie grab, and I think the cookie fairy will go her rounds Tuesday. But still, it’s time to reflect on … [Read more…]
But it didn’t quite work out. Yesterday – Thursday – was supposed to be a long day. My schedule was go to campus, volunteer at the book sale, meet a studnet (who didn’t show), followed by back-to-back online class meetings, one at 6:00 PM, and one at 8:00. And somewhere in there, between 4:00 and … [Read more…]
One of the books I’m reading for the Wisconsin Library Association awards is Tomboyland, by Melissa Faliveno. I read the first essay, The Finger of God, that’s partially about the tornado that clobbered Barneveld in 1984. The sirens didn’t go off, and the tornado killed 9 people and destroyed 90% of the structures in the … [Read more…]
With apologies to Jane, who gave him to me years ago, I threw away the terribly dusty Jerry Garcia doll. I kept the Smithsonian commemorative miniature Teddy Bear that sat in Jerry’s lap, that Al had wanted one of desperately at one point, but couldn’t have cared less about when I bought this one and … [Read more…]
Yesterday was my mother’s 16th yahrzeit. She died on July 22, 2004. Since 2017, it’s also been my younger son and his wife’s wedding anniversary. My brother and I observe the occasion by eating and drinking things my mother liked. Crackers and stinky cheese, white wine, broccoli. Some years I recite, or play an online … [Read more…]
Yesterday I took my knives and the one pair of sewing scissors that I could find to be sharpened. I was sure I had another pair some place, so I brought down the giant Tupperware bin of fabric I had in the attic. I didn’t have time to go all the way through it before … [Read more…]
At first, but now – when I started writing this, Saturday, Groundhogs Day – all of a sudden we’re thawing. I got back last Sunday around 4:00 in the afternoon. The kids had already had a snow day on the Wednesday prior, and more snow was on the way. The airlines sent me a bunch … [Read more…]
I’m at work but I’m waiting for some video to upload and it’s been cranking away for kind of a long time while I worked on some slides for tomorrow’s class – and with the way all Apple products, like Keynote that I was using for my slides – are all backing up to iCloud … [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…]
I think I used to be more interesting than I am now, or more diligent. Or maybe I just had more time. Case in point – here’s this year’s First Weekend of Fall post, and a prior, same title, from 2012. I was cooking more, School Woods was still up and running, celebrating 6 years, … [Read more…]