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…]
We had a half day (Sunday), a full day, and a morning, plus two hotel nights, in the big city. We did all the things: saw a Broadway play, a funny musical; walked through Times Square and Central Park (got lost in Central Park – seems to be a tradition for me) and the length … [Read more…]
First, getting there. We left from the Madison airport, where they have toddler seats where you can strap your toddler in while you pee, or use them for your bag if you don’t happen to have a toddler handy at the moment. We changed planes in Chicago to fly to Albany. And had a typical … [Read more…]
Last Saturday after the last indoor Farmers Market (that we usually drive to) Mark and I took a walk and I got my annual pictures of hellebore. In someone else’s garden, I am not a gardener. Friday, almost a week later, I took some pictures of somebody else’s daffodils. The weather’s been pretty typically April, … [Read more…]
Back in October, after my yearly physical, my primary care doc, nurse practitioner, actually, prescribed me a statin, because my cholesterol is high. But my numbers haven’t really changed in over five years, except actually to go down a good bit between 2022 and 2023, and we had already agreed that it’s probably hereditary. Because … [Read more…]
For many many years, late March into the first two weeks of April has always been a busy busy time for me. My regular job and side hustles always converged, advising week and the spring election and the WI Film fest and the Friends of the Libraries Book sale. Even last year when I was … [Read more…]
I started writing this on Sunday when our crazy weather started. That day we had rain, slush, hail, ice pellets, rain again, then after dark it started to snow. The St. Patrick’s Day parade got cancelled and the Madison schools decided by around noon on Sunday to be closed Monday. Sunday afternoon it was so … [Read more…]
So, since the last time I wrote, we’ve gone to war along with Israel, attacking Iran. What a combo, Netanyahu and Trump. Though I’ve recently starting reading Heather Delaney Reese on Substack, and they talk a lot about what a wreck Trump is, physically and mentally, and that actually only makes him more dangerous, not … [Read more…]
A trip to Chicago for two nights instead of one. Valentines Day was a Saturday this year, kicking off the weekend. The followng Tuesday was Mardi Gras, the last day of carnival, and Election Day, and Lunar New year, the start of a couple of weeks of festivities for those who celebrate. Tuesday was also … [Read more…]
…about two weeks to the last time I wrote. January 25th, the weekend Alex Pretti got shot, when we were out in Denver. Here’s our last Sunday morning walk that trip, down the boulevard with lots of really big houses. And on the train pulling into the airport, Monday morning. Monday night when I got … [Read more…]