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Um, so…I got kind of distracted by having fun in Chicago and Madison (slow wireless in my hotel plus my inability to use the mousepad on my laptop didn’t help, either), and didn’t keep up with my blogging. But, onward!Days 2&3 of the workshop were fun. Going to Wrigley Field on Day 2 was moreContinueContinue reading “What happened to days 2-5?”

A long day. That’s really the only way to describe today. A long day of brainstorming exercises with the occasional longing glance out the window at the gorgeous Chicago shoreline.But there’s really no way I can complain. Not when I’m part of an effort that is truly grounded in both good intentions and a realContinueContinue reading “Chicago, Day 1”

Chicago has always held a special place in my heart. Which is odd, when you realize that I can count on one hand the times I’ve been here. If asked, I’ll wax on about how much I love Chicago. All 12 hours that I’ve spent here. Well, maybe it was more than 12. There wasContinueContinue reading “Chicago, Day 0.5”

While moving furniture this past weekend, I was forced to empty my hope chest of all of my photo albums. That, of course, meant that I had look through a few of them and experience the inevitable pangs of loneliness and nostalgia as I looked back on times when I had lots of friends nearby.ContinueContinue reading “Flashback to the 90’s”

…but I don’t get jazz either. Tonight, I saw a lovely concert full of, according to those who know, virtuosic piano and saxophone musicianship. Excellent. Too bad I don’t know what I’m supposed to be hearing that is so amazing.I’ve found most jazz concerts to be full of sagely nodding intellectuals, bopping along to aContinueContinue reading “not only am I a rock music idiot…”