midwest

It Snows Up Here. My Husband And I Have Conversations.

January 7, 2011

@maitri: The roads are slick up here in northeast Ohio. Lots of cars where they shouldn’t be. To think D scoffed at my 4WD vehicle. I have no problem with snow. It’s only when it sneaks up on me while I am ill-equipped to deal that snow and I have words. Last night, Ms. No [...]

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2010 In Travel Photographs

December 21, 2010

Note: Thanks to geobloggers Silver Fox and GeoTripper for inspiring me to do this post. Check out their beautiful travel photographs, too. Tweet

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The New Big Ten Logo (or Of Ligers And LolCats)

December 14, 2010

Sainted Mother Of JoePa. This is all some overpaid graphic design group can come up with as the Big Ten’s much-awaited new logo? You have got to be kidding me. SBNation Cleveland’s Martin Rickman: “It’s good to see that they went out and grabbed a branding firm worse than the one that did that atrocity [...]

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The Treachery Of Images: René Magritte, 1929

October 15, 2010

I love taking pictures of this painting. Talk about recursion. Heh. Tweet

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On the Threshold of Liberty: René Magritte, 1937

October 11, 2010

I love that tongue-in-cheek Magritte and how he forces us to keep looking. Tweet

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The Earth Is A Man, Matta, 1942

October 6, 2010

I could stare at this painting in its 96 x 72 in. glory for hours. So soft, three-dimensional in its transparency and layering and mildly spooky, and thus comforting. Points for tasteful use of desi colors. The Earth may be a man, but which one? Read The Granite Controversy: Neptunism vs. Plutonism at David Bressan’s [...]

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“The Death Knell Of All Fanaticism”

October 4, 2010

The next few posts center on my most recent visit to the Art Institute of Chicago. Twenty years I’ve been going to this museum and it has never let me down. There is always something new and walking by the same Renoir, Matta, Rodin and 12th-century religious art is like visiting old friends. I don’t [...]

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I Present The Mythical Three-Headed Ferret

September 30, 2010

A couple of weekends ago, I finally got to meet the famed dingos of the temple of Athenae. And there was much chaos. Q: What is a group of ferrets called? Survey says: A group of ferrets is called a ”business” or busy-ness. They’re not kidding about the business part. The Chicago mob ain’t got nothing [...]

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Of Honest Teachers And Precious Rock Hammers

September 28, 2010

This month’s Accretionary Wedge geology blog carnival. Almost forgot about it. Topic: “What is the most important geological experience you’ve had?” Consider this my official entry. One would think it occurred on an outcrop. One would also think it happened on a field trip or at field camp, as it did to rock stars such [...]

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Gonna Blow The Blues

September 16, 2010

What do The Loop and Athenae‘s fuzzy ferretses have in common? I get to see them this weekend. YOU WUZ WARNED CHICAGO Tweet

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