A Break from the Heat
I've always enjoyed the reprieve of a strong summer cold front blowing through. Within 24 hours a string of sweaty, sultry days becomes more reminiscent of early fall. The sky…
I've always enjoyed the reprieve of a strong summer cold front blowing through. Within 24 hours a string of sweaty, sultry days becomes more reminiscent of early fall. The sky…
After sitting and staring at a computer screen for over 7 hours trying to eke out what barely passes for a living, I'd had enough. The vibration of the LCD…
I wish I could know in advance that I would catch a couple of decent sized catfish even though I was pursuing smallmouth bass. These cats came from a creek…
My first 3 years of college were spent studying architecture. At the end of the third year I decided I had enough. For the next 3 years I went to…
When I'm anxious and agitated I pace. What's running around in my head is pretty much undefined and in the long term, irrelevant. Something is bugging me. If I can't…
As I write this, massive violent looking storms have been tracking north to south over Lake Michigan for at least the last 18 hours. I hear they've been raking the…
After a month of false starts and delays, the New and Improved ChicagoNow is up and running. And I'm part of it. Waterdog Journal on ChicagoNow SO, you ask, what…
There's a massive bug hatch drifting around my neighborhood this morning. The morning sun streaks right down the middle of the street in front of my house and the bugs…
I think I first noticed something was up in the first week of May when Quill Gordon ended a post without placing a fly on the water. Opening Day! It…