So, OK. On Monday, I got back from helping John sell the car and it started raining, so instead of biking I drove across town to the community center to see what I could make for the food pantry breakfast on Tuesday morning. Despite my hours of worry and dread, and the car smoking and … [Read more…]
In the bike lane in traffic going home last night, next to an old guy in a convertible Audi with the top down, playing rap. The music had sampled strings in it so I guess that made it OK for an older audience. The biker in front of me was a young woman with glowing … [Read more…]
Friday night – takeaway Chinese, from this funky place in a nearby strip mall that we’ve been going to for years. Jen and I ordered something like $140 of food – I mean, there were 9 of us … but the fridge is still full of cardboard takeout containers with an inch of food in … [Read more…]
My little brother turned 60 on Monday. Here’s a card Chad & Lea made: Yep, that’s him. My friend Terese is the same day as my brother and the same year as me, so she turned 62. I got a cake from a local, regular sugar and flour type, bakery, and added marzipan carrots and … [Read more…]
The theme for this week is corn, and the new Graduate students’ orientation/Bootcamp I’m coordinating, and binge-watching Outlander before they take it down Thursday. And not blogging. [portfolio_slideshow pagerpos=disabled] Mark’s been in Chicago since a week ago Monday, except for coming to meet me in Milwaukee to see the Baseball Project, last Wednesday. So of … [Read more…]
Saturday we went to the farmer’s market and sat outside on a low stone wall by the Capitol, and ate pastries from Graze, and coffee and a scone from Colectivo for breakfast. Something like this, although we had a cherry Danish and a sausage croissant, which is just a roll like pain au chocolat, with … [Read more…]
Obligatory, maybe, but oh so nice. Friday was a funny, back and forth kind of day. I had a dentist appointment at 2:00 and a short meeting at 4:00. The dentist confirmed that I hadn’t damaged my teeth or jaw permanently in my face smashing, yay! Before that, I finished grading all my 60 students’ … [Read more…]