Musette.  So you know it’s gonna be strange.   Back when I lived in civili uh, Chicago I would walk the 3 blocks to the Francisco Ave Stop on the Brown Line.  In the winter, that walk – just 3 blocks – could be brutal and I would comfort myself with thoughts of Spring. But [...]

Musette After those really freakish warm days we are back in Spring weather – Spring in the Midwest often carries with it this crackly-skritchy feeling, like you can’t be sure if you should go out without gloves and a hot shower sounds soooo good – but it’s not really cold.  The ground is skritchy, too, [...]

by the Weirdo Musette     If you tell anybody this, I’ll deny it, but…..welll….I’m glad it’s back to being cool.  There.  I said it.  But you know, living in the Midwest is an exercise in extremes most of the time.  We don’t get Winter, we get Permafrost.  And Summer?  Well you can make glass [...]

  A Very WARM Welcome to our GuestPoster, Marla In our old life in the Old Country, my family used to travel a lot, by plane and train. Schlepping bags and babies around Europe can be…stressful (is there a single diaper-changing station on this train??!) and airplanes had just banned all liquids. Gack. As a [...]

By Musette I’ve gotten a number of emails from folks who are uncertain how to post comments on our new format.  Right now it looks like the comment access is at the top right hand of the actual post.   I think mine looks different because I am logged-in as admin (mine just says ’20 responses’ [...]