Category Archives: Life

Back after a long absence (blamed entirely on the pandemic!)

Posted on July 16, 2020 by

This is my first post since February, so hello! The details behind my long absence don’t really matter, because, really,  haven’t we all been dealing with the same troubles for months now? But basically, long story short: I teach college, … Continue reading →

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Snow in Repose

Posted on January 21, 2020 by

Just a photo I took of a bench outside the Starbucks at Red Arrow Park. Winter can be pretty and even peaceful.

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Castoffs

Posted on December 17, 2019 by

Photo taken today on the south side of Wisconsin Avenue, somewhere between 35th and 12th Streets; can’t recall exactly where. This struck me as an interesting assortment of “forgotten” things, so I took the picture while stopped at a traffic … Continue reading →

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Corner offices, late afternoon in mid-December

Posted on December 13, 2019 by

We’re getting to that time of year when darkness falls in Milwaukee well before it’s time to leave work for the day. I took this photo yesterday at 4:17 pm. And guess what? Little did I know, that was the … Continue reading →

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Inspiring article on Reese Witherspoon to get you unstuck

Posted on December 12, 2019 by

Truly enjoyed this fascinating and substantial Hollywood Reporter profile of Reese Witherspoon, especially how she took charge of her career when the entertainment industry’s existing system offered limited opportunity. You can find the article here.

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Treating your holiday delivery people right

Posted on December 7, 2019 by

I saw this in my Twitter feed today and thought it was a wonderful idea. Pass it on❤️

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No one plays here now

Posted on November 21, 2019 by

Or ever. I pass this abandoned playground frequently, and during the late summer, as weeds grew up around the play equipment, I often thought about stopping to take a photo. Sometimes in slanted morning sunlight, mist hanging in the weeds … Continue reading →

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Heat Waves😄

Posted on November 12, 2019 by

The little crinkle-flashes you see along the sidewalk are literally heat waves. There’s a set of vents about seven feet up the wall on the side of our Campus Center building that exhausts (exhales? like the building is alive and … Continue reading →

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Daylight savings (robbing Peter to pay Paul)

Posted on November 7, 2019 by

These first evenings after daylight savings time ends are always disorienting. When you’re used to leaving work under an orange, twilight sky, the abrupt shift to stepping out into darkness is too jarring to make sense of. For example, my … Continue reading →

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And the sun came out . . .

Posted on October 21, 2019 by

Very windy rain showers hit Milwaukee around mid-day today. I took this series of photos from my office window after returning from a couple of meetings around three o’clock. For some reason the title of a favorite picture book of … Continue reading →

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