JT took me to another opera, the April 21st performance of Rossini’s Mosè in Egitto at Chicago Opera Theater. Altogether, this was quite a different experience from that at Chicago Lyric. Harris Theater is nestled in the bowels of the … Continue reading →
Hodge I’d tell you to make an effort to see Le Nozze di Figaro at Lyric Opera, but it’s too late. You’ve missed it. After a fine dinner at Lyric’s relatively new restaurant, JT and I attended the March 24 … Continue reading →
J.’s idea for Saturday, March 13, came from the Chicago Botanic Garden — a visit to Naper Settlement in Naperville, an hour plus west of Chicago. According to their site, they were celebrating Maple Sugar Days, when the sugar maple … Continue reading →
I must be in a time warp because it cannot be two weeks ago that I was packing to go to Pennsylvania, and it cannot be tomorrow that I will return to work. These have been the shortest two weeks … Continue reading →
I’m on the Pennsylvanian. As a result of being among the last one-third to board, I found myself next to a young woman who is one of those nervous, self-centered pieces of work you don’t want to find yourself next … Continue reading →
These photos are from a Friday trip with J. to the the Chicago Botanic Garden to see Wonderland Express, about which I knew nothing. The walk through Chicago in natural miniature was followed by dinner with another friend at Don … Continue reading →
“I haven’t been fed in six hours. If I had opposable thumbs, the ASPCA would be here right now.”
A lot of the people at Blick Art and Argo Tea have complimented me on this “Planet Saver Sack,” a gift from J. They probably wonder how such a frumpy old woman got hold of such a cool bag. I wasn’t sure about it at first, but now that I’ve seen the series I’m thinking I should buy at least one more.
I’ve been cleared to return to work Monday. If I feel then like I do today, it will be an especially painful experience. Yesterday I had my second follow-up appointment with Dr. P. This week’s medical student showed me into … Continue reading →
After an August 2008 uterine fibroid embolization, or UFE, failed to relieve me of Ignatius the tenacious fibroid’s symptoms — bulkiness, frequent urination, and possibly the lower back and leg pain that sometimes made walking even easy distances painful and … Continue reading →