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…]
I didn’t light any candles, as I have done in the past. I did make sure to eat broccoli and crackers and strong cheese, and drink white wine. When my brother and I exchanged emails about what we each were eating for Oma’s yahrzeit he said, “rye bread and Riesling” and I said, “aged Gouda … [Read more…]
So I could go barelegged, because it was almost 80° by the time I was biking home yesterday. But then it was cool enough this morning to wear leggings. It was cooler because we had the first thunderstorm of the season last night, not counting the misplaced thunderstorms in February, on election day. And the … [Read more…]
I think it’s a natural thing that as you age, you start feeling like you’re no longer “at the pulse of it all” like Arthur Kane, as Robyn Hitchcock sings in N.Y. Doll. This weekend, somehow, I felt worse than that – like I’m becoming invisible. Probably much of my malaise is related to the … [Read more…]
Sunday didn’t start off so great. I stepped in hair ball cat puke first thing, heading for the thermastat to see how cold it was, and if I should turn the heat back on. (It was 65° in the house, 35° outside, so heat did go back on, and it’s running now Monday morning while … [Read more…]