Since we’ve been back from New York, we’ve done a few cultural things, Chicago Symphony, Madison Symphony, oh, and we went to see The Devil wears Prada 2 on the day of the Met Gala, May 4th this year. So we had a whole day of watching fashion and wretched excess. And I did very … [Read more…]
And other Easter celebratory things, as much as can be expected from a non-religious person like me, whose last name is Shapiro. So here’re more pictures of the Easter eggs I made with Jasper on Wednesday. The method I read on Instagram for how to do the eggs said to use “medicine cups” for the … [Read more…]
Jeez, I started this post on Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, added a bit on the Monday, and am now trying to wrap it up on the following Thursday, and that’s already June 1, this year. Traditionally on Memorial Day I invite people over for a picnic/cookout in the driveway and backyard. This year, because … [Read more…]
I hope! I feel like this is kind of the danger zone, 5 weeks on crutches, that I hit once before when I started building up my walking and turned out my knee was still broken. I’m still trying NOT to walk farther than a couple of blocks, but last week I started biking again, … [Read more…]
Friday was the last day of classes. It was a Jasper-care day for me, doing some grading and catching up on email while he napped. The kids let me off early because I had to drive down to campus to run the iSchool student awards ceremony, a hybrid event, decoupled from the graduation ceremony for … [Read more…]
It’s been the long, lost week that ended with Mother’s Day. I was so busy grading with work work work, emailing students & sites about summer practicums, meetings, other administrivia, and moderating sessions at the Wisconsin Library Association Public Libraries conference that I didn’t take very many walks or bike rides – with the stunning … [Read more…]
On Monday night I walked up the hill to dinner at the Chancellor’s house, and a butterfly landed on the sidewalk near me. It reminded me of an image I’d gotten from the website I’d just reviewed for the Scout Report – digitized covers of the Queenslander, a weekly magazine supplement to the Brisbane Courier … [Read more…]
Even the kitty cat slept in on Memorial Day. So here’s the plan. We had a nice little driveway party on Sunday, and we finally lucked out with the weather. I only took a pic of my beer; Megan got the best shot of one of the neighbor kids running down the driveway to the … [Read more…]
It’s been cold and grey with temps in the 40s and 50s all week. I’ve been saying spring is arriving at a stately pace this year. The blossoming trees and tulips are done, and we’re on to Irises and Lilacs. And lots of wet foliage. And barn swallows nesting in the eaves at Helen C. … [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…]