For the most part I like keeping words to a minimum here, but this summer has been so busy and drastically different (in great ways) than the past few months that I just feel the need to recap. From pretty much mid-June through, well last weekend I scarcely had a day off. I was teaching [...]
My grandfather died 10 years ago this Memorial Day. He was a Captain in WW2. The family went back to visit the grave in Fremont Center, Ill. As soon as the mass had ended and the grave visit finished the heavens opened up.
The cultivation of what we are not is often a strange task. The grass was growing at an absurd pace. Then it all died.
How did you ring in the New Year? I hope however you did, it was what you wanted. All I know is that after my 40 second or so swim in Lake Michigan I’m wide awake and ready for 2010. My brother and the tens (maybe hundreds but I don’t think so) of other people, [...]
When I was younger my dad built an epic tree house in our modest backyard. It was bright blue with white trim and really complemented our bold pink house at the time. I’m sure it seemed out of place in the winter time but our bright colored digs would have fit in perfectly in Ft. [...]
My humble, now semi boxed up living space for the past year.
It’s a weird time, I’ve finished graduate school, officially finished. I completed my coursework, defended my master’s project, I’m on my way out to pay my parking ticket so as to leave no debt here and get my diploma mailed to me. I opted [...]