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Friday Night Dancing
After the living history museum closes and I’m finished my work for the day as an interpreter in St. Peter’s Church, I’m changing out of my corset and bustle and into modern day country dancing togs!...
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This Space Reserved
Today’s date is reserved for a blog about my mother-in-law, who was born on this day. However, I just don’t have time to do Marni justice, since I didn’t get home from work until 6:30, made dinner,...
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Midsummer Magic
We’re closing the museum early tonight. Bands with modern sound equipment, street vendors with FOOD, and other period inappropriate shenanigans will materialize in the Village for a midsummer festival...
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Too Darn Hot
I have been given the day off from my job at Old World Wisconsin. When the heat index is over 100 degrees, we expect few visitors to the outdoor living history museum. With my time, I imagine...
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Deflating *POP* Culture
How does anyone keep up with Pop Culture? I used to watch the Olympics; now I don’t have a TV, so I’m not even going to attempt to know who is making the sports news. I’m also not attempting to keep...
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Peaceful Sunday
Placido Domingo. Quiet, tranquil Sunday. Ah, me. Last night, we saw our first Lyric Opera of Chicago performance of the season: Simon Boccanegra by Verdi. An appropriate story for an election month,...
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Two-Minute Cosmic Worship Break
My mother serendipitously re-sent me a video that I had been searching for amongst my 4,000 saved e-mails. I am in need of this video on a regular basis, and once you see it, you’ll know why. I think...
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Dance like it’s the last night of the world
A song from “Miss Saigon” is running through my head… ‘a song, played on a solo saxophone…so hold me tight and dance like it’s the last night of the world’. Not that I seriously think the world will...
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Mensch sighting!
In my post a few days ago, (Oh! The Humanity!) I sent out a plea for examples of admirable human beings as an antidote to the kind of internet sensations who fail to inspire and instead make me...
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Reckoning Love
“What’s in a love letter, anyway?” he asked. I was in a mood. A little pouty and weepy, my inner 4-year-old whining, “I just don’t feel special!” God, why does this keep happening every month? It’s...
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Advent Day #7 – Memory
One of the most fascinating gifts of the human brain is Memory. On my Advent countdown, this is something to open with caution. “When faced with his past, the strongest man cries.” (from a Dan...
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Advent Day #10 – Hearing
And what’s behind door #10 on the Advent calendar? Do You Hear What I Hear? December 10, 2011 by scillagrace “A song, a song, high above the trees with a voice as big as the sea, with a voice as big...
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Advent Day #15 – Music
The sun is rising in the east, lighting the low clouds with a brilliant pink-orange glow and silhouetting a raven in the large oak next door. We awake this Sunday morning in a gloriously celebratory...
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Around the World in 24 Hours
Milwaukee can be a rather uninspiring place in the dead of winter. Not that the light, feathery, cotton candy snow that piled up overnight wasn’t beautiful. As we walked to the breakfast cafe to meet...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Perspective
Dribble castles, only inches tall “Photos aren’t objective – they show what we want them to show.” Concepts aren’t objective: they reflect our thinking. Delusions aren’t objective. Our thinking is...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Nighttime
I gotta admit, my first reaction was something along the lines of “WTF? Who takes photos at night when there’s no LIGHT?!” But this is supposed to be a Challenge, right? (an aside….Steve mentions in...
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80 Years in Eight Days — Day Number Three: Ten Musical Memories
Today is Day 3 of my mother’s Birthday Project. (Happy St. Stephen’s Day as well. “Come on over; we’ll celebrate getting stoned”…one of my mother’s quips.) On the docket are 10 musical memories. My...
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A Little Story About Loving Yourself
If you’re puzzled by relationships… …and feel that perhaps something is missing in your life… …and you’ve done the same thing over and over, hoping something different might result… imagine what might...
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Nerd Love to All Mothers!
Steve just happened to stumble upon this YouTube clip, and it is now my Favorite Mother’s Day Song! (click on the link below to listen and laugh) Biologist’s Mothers’ Day Song Celebrate the nature and...
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Music: A Soul Experience
This piece is featured in this month’s issue of The BeZine. To go to the interactive table of contents, click HERE. Addressing this topic is a tricky proposition for me. How do I write about “Music”...
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