Though it's cloudy and a little rainy and chilly. Still, can hear chirping through the bedroom window. Quinn the kitten, who can get the kitten crazy run-arounds, is sleepy. For now. Finally. When it's 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning, he'll be antic. Rule has become...close the bedroom door. He's a very smart cat and … Continue reading The Birds Are Out Singing Again

I got my Substack working. Just a teeny post, for today, but a good place for writers. Going to have to work on that. Lots of work. But. Win for the day. Got some WordPress edits that need to be done. WordPress has a lot of features but their support has gone away. Sticking with … Continue reading Oh Yay

The phrase is working my stream now. And the late night guys are raking in laughs at these jokers. Which is sometimes what one needs when things are so suck city. Gosh how can anyone with a brain make these fouls. I'm mad that classified information was so carelessly openly spilt and could put in … Continue reading Amateur Hour

Not literally. But not full strength. At least not yet. Keep working it. Sit up straight. Don't slump. Walk, then run. 2024 was a crummy year, in more ways than one. For me, it was a broken vertabrae, a broken elbow, and the the worst, a broken knee. Osteoporosis screening time, as my doctor's letters … Continue reading I’m Crutching Still

When cruds at the top are pretty awful, and they are worst of the worst right now, art helps. Art is solace. Architecture was what I really first wanted to do. I still was in elementary school when one of the neighbor girls a few houses away and I made entire homes out of paper … Continue reading How Art Can Make Everything Bad Be Better

Digress. Protest is so very very necessary right now. I've done that through my life. I was at the Illinois state capital, with comrades, when we lost the ERA. Wrong vote those politicians. Men and women, everyone, are equal, if different, humans. Not that hard for civilized society late twentieth century. We fought. Could have … Continue reading Protest Is Essential

I don't live in Chicago now (but only a train ride away) and maybe will go back to stay as my strength comes back and while my amazing family here matters most. (Loads and loads of good Chicago memories.) Making the river green on St. Patrick's Day can not help but grin. It's even on … Continue reading Green River

I think this is the first day for a while that I've heard the birds outside. Friday perfect warm day here. Sunshine. Clean laundry. Accounts done (that anxiety at zero now and it's not even noon). Kitten Quinn never know. Sometimes he hangs and purrs, sometimes just sleeps, sometimes manic running. So much support. Family … Continue reading Another Gorgeous Morning

I've had a pretty privileged work life, though, to my credit, I earned it. And now I have the luxury of writing, though not as much as I should be doing. Files and folders to go through. Combining the academic and policy parts of my career, I'm mostly interested in our cultural ideas about who … Continue reading Maintenance Guys And Some More

Drone bombs on Moscow last night. Strike back. Fight back. Maybe even saving the Baltics, Poland. Bravest people, so much of their own loss, still on the right side of history. And Tim Miller on Bulwark wearing a shirt which slogan I couldn't begin to spell but yeah, Ukraine. Macron and France. When the current … Continue reading Team Ukraine, Team Gaza