March 2021

Yesterday, while taking some “on the cusp of spring” time in Wisconsin, I was stunned to see two men appear outside the window and begin to cut down the big, old maple tree. I had first encountered this magnificent tree more than 30 years ago, when I visited my parents in this same woodsy condo. […]

I swam in an indoor pool yesterday for the first time since well before the pandemic began. Nursing an injured ankle, I was looking for a way to stay active but off my feet. I entered the pool area wearing my swimsuit (which seems to have shrunk a bit), my cool Chicago flag mask and