Category Archives: Madison
Police Parade
Turning on to Capitol Square, I check my rear view mirror to see the street behind me full of police motorcycles, lights flashing. I check my speedometer and hit the brakes – a conditioned response – and see I am … Continue reading
Movin’ Shoes on Park Street
After begging Diene to go running with me for years, he finally has taken it up. Out of seemingly nowhere, three weeks ago, he went out for his first run in a few years. Nine miles later (at a 8:00 … Continue reading
14 Great Reasons for a Late Night Ride on the Southwest Bike Path
Again, I am grateful my sister comes through on adventure: less traffic makes it much easier to ride side-by-side on the bike path great company, great conversation tons of cotton-tailed bunnies on the SW Bike Path the cover of darkness … Continue reading
For friends much hipper than I…
Madison is the kind of town that supports more than one underground dining club. These are the kinds of things I read about, but never actually figure out how to find. That is why I try to surround myself with … Continue reading
Filed under cooking, friends, Madison, vegetarian
It’s Spring in My Heart and On the River
Some people might shy away at the suggestion of taking out a metal canoe with untested cracks on a 50 degree March evening on Lake Monona, only weeks after all the ice melted into the lake. Not my sister. She … Continue reading
The Mania of Spring is About to Begin
A game of frisbee in Yahara Place Park with my sister yesterday got muscles moving that have been atrophying for months. We caught spring fever so bad that we even had a 50-yard dash sprinting contest. The open water on … Continue reading
