January – Maisons Laffitte under snow. February – He who jumps off bridges in Paris is in Seine. March – Arthur leaps skyward. April – Cinque Terre, Italy. Hiking… it’s only walking… for 7 hours. Bring proper footwear and a bottle of water. May – Sunset over North Lake, Grand Junction, Michigan. June – Late [...]
Posts Tagged ‘michigan’
12 Pictures. 12 Months.
Posted in favorites, my life, tagged arthur, Austin, chicago, christmas, cinque terre, france, Gary, halloween, italy, lake, Maisons Laffitte, mechanical bull, michigan, months, New Years Day, notre dame, paris, photos, Resolutions, texas, white christmas, years on January 1, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Rescue Mission to Ohio.
Posted in my life, tagged adage, chicago, dinner, illinois, indiana, jeremy, michigan, midwest, midwestern, ohio, sunset on August 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Please excuse my absence. I had to partake in a rescue mission to Ohio. There has to be some adage about not going to Ohio from California… or about not going to Ohio in August, and if so, this fine gent hadn’t learned it yet. He is now safe again in the warm embrace of a [...]
This weekend : On a boat.
Posted in my life, tagged boats, lake michigan, michigan, vacation on August 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This weekend, I left the city lights and spent some time on a boat. See? Here’s me. Take a good hard look. I’m on a boat.
Blowout.
Posted in short shorts, tagged chicago, hybrid, indiana, michigan, near death, north dakota, south dakota, tire blowout, tow-truck on May 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
You think that when you get something replaced, you have that solved for a while. New couch; don’t have to worry about the couch thing. New gallon of milk; don’t have to worry about that spoiling for a while. New tires; don’t have to worry about a blowout on a nowhere Indiana road on Mothers’ [...]
It’s softer than that…
Posted in short shorts, tagged canoe, choo-choo, crickets, dusk, fire, lake, lincoln, michigan, train, water on May 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“What do you think you’d call that?” I ask my nephew. “I don’t know, a horn?” he says putting together a Lincoln log cabin. There is a train far off that you can hear every evening when dusk sweeps in, the time before dinner is cooked, after you have the lake water showered off [...]
fresh water.
Posted in places, tagged chicago, cricket, lakes, michigan on February 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I spent my childhood with 80% of my being consisting of the lakes of Michigan. They bathed me, satiated my thirst, steamed my vegetables, and it was on their banks that I found my first horizon. I am their quiet lapsing… … their lively surfaces… … their shifting shapes and colors… Chicago flows out of [...]
