At the Field Museum, the cast of a huge dinosaur skeleton dubbed “Maximo” has been assembled in the Great Hall. Maximo has garnered considerable press, grabbing the spotlight once trained on the Field’s unique Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton, “Sue” (named after Susan Hendrickson, the discoverer). Since Max’s arrival, Sue has been rudely exiled from the Great…
At the tip of the question mark
The jetty curls out into the Lake in the shape of a question mark. One of our friends insisted on walking out to the very tip. It was a lovely day, and the Lake was placid, not crashing against and washing over the breakwater, as I have seen it do. So out we strolled, joining…
A human condition
What to do? I look back at my blog, and at all my other work, and marvel at how it has ground to a halt, despite my continuing to busy myself with it every day. It is a terrible feeling, this loss of momentum, and more essentially the loss of joy that my work gives…
Understory
Spring has been late this year, yet there is something to be said for all the suspense Personally, I like the look of the woods in the very early spring, before much of anything has come out. Anything flimsy or light-weight has been blown away, leaving behind what is settled and essential. The heavy mat…
Turning the page on a chapter of life
A year after receiving my B.A., I broke up with the guy I had been in love with in college. We each moved on afterward. He married and had a family and a good career. I knew he had been ill in recent years, with a difficult-to-identify illness. About a month ago, his wife called…
A dreamy North Pond
The light fell on the North Pond in a dreamy way, as I strolled by on a beautiful day. Very still and bright in the afternoon, the pond’s surface was autumn-colored, where it was not blue. Overhanging it were dark shadows and delicate flowers, which it dreamily doubled and amplified. What was illusory; what was…
Moving
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Into
Somehow, as we traipsed in the woods, summer turned into fall.
The other night at Wrigley
Cousins were in from out of town, and my sister-in-law, despite having a broken ankle, decided that taking them to a Cubs game was the thing to do.
The getaway
We were in Madison over the weekend for a long-planned visit with friends. It was a nice change of pace, staying around the square and going most everywhere on foot for several days.
