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So a few days ago I wrote about Pink Soup.  Just this morning I get a giant postcard at work from Quill, the super-cheap office supply place.  Hey, it’s pink time at Quill.  Pink everything.  How about a breast cancer awareness … Continue reading →

Okay, so strictly speaking it’s not insectapolooza, as arachnids aren’t insects, and arachnoinsectopolooza is enough to turn off even the most persistent reader of my ramblings.  As it is I will be persecuted (mostly by my daughter) for my attention to crawling things.   For … Continue reading →

Many of you know of my involvement with breast cancer in a former career.  I was the Surveillance Coordinator (epidemiologist) for the Wisconsin Women’s Cancer Control Program, I am completely supportive of all attempts to find better treatments for breast … Continue reading →

Mary is the Minister of Finance at our fine emporium.  Accountant doesn’t do her justice.  She’s a master of spreadsheets and numbers, but more than that, she speaks English.  She can explain financial things to non-financial brains, and she’s able … Continue reading →

Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis) are quite common on the Lower Wisconsin Riverway. They are big birds, with six to seven foot wingspans, and they are quite a racket in the morning.  You can see they have big feet…or maybe you … Continue reading →

We stop frequently when we paddle the OWL Trip so as to make it last longer.  One stop just east of Spring Green was a small island separated from the mainland by a shallow muddy slough.  This Eastern Comma (Polygonia … Continue reading →

What an afternoon… What a sunset… What good food… What good company… What a sunrise… What amazing paddling… Words fail me (please note time and date). Respectfully submitted,    Canoelover P.S.  Coded message to Rosie: one Gomphid, two Libellulidae, innumerable Sympetrii, and … Continue reading →

Got a new book today. I had this gift card that had $13.21 left on it, so I bought a book.  Another book on crawlies.Turns out the cover spider is our friend, the Tan Jumping Spider.  Cool, huh? The other … Continue reading →

…but if there are enough opera singers in Ohio…it just might push us over, despite the efforts of the Republican war machine to limit voting booths in neighborhoods with a majority of opera singers.

Down the road from my Mom’s house is a little fruit stand that has been there forever.   Grampa shopped there, and although his name was Vern, not Verd, I think they shared a common bond of names that started … Continue reading →