Tonight before our run one of my fellow Road Runners passed around an inkjet print of a photo. “This is five miles from the 34 bridge,” he said. Water against someone’s porch. On Facebook a colleague is posting pictures of Iowa roads turned into rivers. Our local network affiliates are running flood coverage 24/7. Forty [...]
Our new grill
Rain again on the third of June
Saturday afternoon Erin, Madelyn, and I got back from our annual yay school is out trip, most of which was spent in Wisconsin. We drove through northeast Iowa and spent a few nights in the Porcupine Mountains, just over the Michigan border. We concluded the trip with a night in Madison, where lovely beer awaits [...]
Erin and Madelyn are coming home!
Madelyn’s latest silly habit.
A trip through rural Illinois, with quite a few photos.
Odds and ends on a warm weekend: storm windows, a visit from Erin’s friend Cindy, etc.
To date, Madelyn’s XO use has been limited. She’s just too little; she wants to whale on it and play with the antennas. So she can’t use it alone. Not to say she doesn’t get it; she’ll “type” and say, “I’m checking my email.” And she can move and follow the pointer using the trackpad. [...]
Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone. Madelyn celebrated with PINK GRITS!