At a “random public boat ramp” on Lake Huron, Gregg and Kelley say that they found this view to the east. It was a sunny day. The sky and lake were blue. They had the place to themselves until some fishermen showed up. And then there was this. What is it with chairs and lakes […]
Yearly Archives: 2025
Only the Lonely
Tue, 5 Aug 2025, 02:09 AM (-06:00)
Ada Years ago I dove into the programming language Ada. The NASA lab was funding me was deep into it, but they were far away, and no one here was interested. Here, it was either FORTRAN, or it was C. But I had drunk the Kool-Aide. Ada was difficult to learn in isolation but not impossible. […]
Courage or Fear
Mon, 4 Aug 2025, 07:31 PM (-06:00)
Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker to his guests from Texas: …how do I make sure that we’re standing on the right side of history? There’s a simple answer. The wrong side of history will always tell you to be afraid. The right side of history will always expect you to be courageous. Expect courage from people […]
Home
Sun, 20 Jul 2025, 02:51 PM (-06:00)
So our summer vacation was at an end. We had been on the road a month, had slept three nights in a real bed, roasted in the sun, shivered in the cold, survived gray and wind and rain, managed to avoid biting fly season in the Upper Peninsula, slapped many mosquitos and tweezed a few […]
On Half Mile Lake
Sun, 20 Jul 2025, 02:09 PM (-06:00)
Morning and evening light on Half Mile Lake: We left this behind a month after we’d left Austin. Tell me again, why did we do that?
Huckeberries
Sat, 19 Jul 2025, 06:46 AM (-06:00)
Huckleberries have grown on this hill for a long time. Warmed by the sun. Tended and picked and eaten by generations. They await the arrival of the next.
Four of a Kind
Fri, 18 Jul 2025, 08:00 PM (-06:00)
Found hanging in a cottage closet: I made my choice. Which one would you choose?
Newlywed Campers
Fri, 18 Jul 2025, 07:45 PM (-06:00)
There was one night when we were in The Porkies when it rained quite a lot. Not a deluge, mind you, but enough for us to be thankful that we were in a trailer instead of a tent. The next morning, the storm was gone and there was a gentle breeze. I saw a couple […]
ON – OFF
Tue, 15 Jul 2025, 07:06 PM (-06:00)
My cousin’s directions were clear and quite explicit, as they usually are. I asked several follow-ups that revealed my ignorance, as I often do. He clarified, and that was that. I plugged their yellow extension cord into an outlet on the side of the cottage and ran it halfway to their trailer. I connected their […]