October 24, 2007 – 5:55 am
I got up quite early this morning (5:30!), which means the task of collecting the newspapers fell on me. I’m grateful, because it was the most beautiful, starry morning. Orion was right there, beckoning to me over my neighbor’s house. (Not that everyone has a favorite constellation, but Orion is mine, and has been since […]
October 22, 2007 – 6:16 am
Wow. The weather gods certainly smiled on Chicago this weekend. After a cool and blustery Friday night, perfection was in order for Saturday and Sunday. We tried to do “outside” things as much as possible during the daytime. On Saturday, we made it to the Lake County Forest Preserve museum. More on that tomorrow. (The […]
October 2, 2007 – 5:52 am
It’s quite foggy this morning. Naturally, I went outside in my “loungewear” (pajamas) to try to capture it. This was the best of five attempts. I was hoping to photograph a cute bunny sitting in our front yard, but he had other ideas. Oh well. Mornings like this scream fall to me. Cool, damp, quiet […]
September 6, 2007 – 5:44 am
Did you hear that sound? That’s right, it was the sound of my two-month-old iPhone becoming obsolete. As of yesterday, there will be no more 4G iPhones produced. I knew the day would come, just not so soon. I haven’t even picked out a storage case for it yet! I have it narrowed down to […]
January 31, 2007 – 5:00 am
It’s cold and flu season, and we’ve had at least one person sick with a cold here since Christmas, with no immediate end in sight. I have my son wash his hands as soon as he gets home from school, but I do not supervise (most days), and I suspect there are many times that […]
