Vernal equinox
I saw the first red-winged blackbirds of the year this morning. Sixteen degrees, west wind fourteen miles per hour, wind chill two. I know it's the first day of spring, but I still think...
WinterA collection of 9 posts
Ella is a star!
I'm not sure how we missed this last Friday, but our little Ella dog had not one but two of her videos featured on Cute Overload! They're the first two videos shared...
The Lunar Night, Chicago
In the indigo sky hang lights like lanterns strung from here to eternity. Bright holes punched in the night, they creep in from the east, queued for landing but aimed at the spotlit moon holding fast...
Tuesday Funk: The Blizzard Edition
First off, I must say that I made it home and back safely. There was some debate about whether or...
A bit nippy in here
A new natural gas setback here this morning. This time the leak is in a pipe in our front clothes closet. The pipe comes up through the basement, takes a bend through an elbow joint, and...
A palimpsest is not a palindrome, even in winter
Late last week, I was going to write that the back yard is a winter palimpsest, with footprints and pawprints overwritten by successive layers of snow. I was going to write that frolicking in that world...