Fearful Symmetries

Last fall I made a trek south for reasons I cannot recall. I just remember that I ended up at the Duluth Trading Co. outlet store in Bellevi...

Last fall I made my second annual stop in at Qahwah House in lovely Lombard, Illinois. I bought a bag of their coffee beans in addition to ...

Before the Los Lobos show last night in Stoughton I stopped in at Ink Cap Books . It's a lovely little bookstore with lots of cards and ...

My new Tree of Life vernal decoration has arrived! It is gorgeous! It was made by a lady up in Door County.  I wish Piper was here to see it...

It's a clear plastic shoobedoobe

This was sublime last night.

If you are at the Stoughton Opera House tonight, you may hear me yelling for this one.

I've been meaning to have a taste of Africa at Holisac Taste of Africa since I first heard of them a few years back. If I recall correc...

Construction on the apartments or condos or whatever they are to be continues apace at Madison Yards.

Last Sunday I had a couple folks over for brunch. I took advantage of the situation to foist my first attempt at making scones on them. They...

My lockscreen at work.

Last night I had the pleasure of taking dinner with my father-in-law. We dined at Vintage out on the west side once again. I indulged mysel...

To whomever refuses to take down the Sisu: Road to Revenge poster at Palace Theaters, I salute you.

A couple weeks back I had a conversation about Kaiser rolls, those round rolls with the starfish-like slits on the top. When I was growing u...

Recently I put a CD shelf together and got all of my music CD's unpacked. Well, most of them. Bootlegs remain in a box. Since then I hav...

Shortly after being served divorce papers I did some internet searching for a local divorce support group, one that met in-person. I felt th...

Seen before a screening of Train Dreams . I really enjoyed it and felt very sympathetic in the wake of Piper's death towards the central...

Seen at a screening of Blades of the Guardians , which I found to be an absolute blast. The action scenes were fun, Dao Ma is your likeable ...

On Friday night I met a friend at  Genna's Cocktail Lounge , the venue being her choice. I could not recall the last time I was there. W...

The geese were honking, the ducks were quacking, and the first birdsong of spring ushered me down the path to the Arch. "They're si...