Category Archives: pittsburgh

One of my favorite haiku is by Taigi: “Don’t touch my plum tree,” My friend said. Then broke a branch and gave it to me. I often ponder the meaning of this haiku. It’s intended to be an incomplete story, … Continue reading →

Today was a beautiful winter day. This post on the Enjoy Illinois Blog caught my attention early in the day and got me investigating cross-country skiing (you know, because regular skiing isn’t exhausting enough for me ). So, that put … Continue reading →

Gacked from a friend on Facebook, with slight privacy edits. How long have you been together? 7 years as of this month…it’s funny because he was 31 when we started dating, and now I’m 31. So I finally caught up … Continue reading →

Basic, but still hilarious:

One of my benefits for joining the Milwaukee Zoo society was a free pass to their special exhibit, Wings From Down Under. I had initially blown this benefit off because I don’t really like birds. They kind of freak me … Continue reading →

I had a great time at the Grayslake Farmers’ Market on Wednesday. It’s one of the few farmers’ markets in this area that operates on a weekday evening, instead of on a weekday morning or afternoon. I’d been meaning to … Continue reading →

First, click to open the image in a separate window so that you can look at it while reading this. Notice in the upper right that they provide a radius map with distances from Lancaster. Richmond is just inside the … Continue reading →

I added photos to the gallery from two remarkable trips to Milwaukee in the past month: Milwaukee Summerfest (July 2, 2009) Milwaukee Zoo (July 25, 2009) Both are captioned for your viewing pleasure. Note that I’m using a slightly different … Continue reading →