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 We got our first credible snow forecast today. We haven't had a 'killing frost' yet so even if it does snow it won't stay long because the ground temperature won't support it. In about ten days we slowly dropped from high temperatures in the mid to upper fifties to this week the highs will be in the forties. Low temperatures are flirting with freezing and the end chills are dropping into the twenties. Last Thursday, (10/22/20) we got a lot of rain. It was warmer so it wasn't that uncomfortable. But I thought to myself the next one might be the event that produces an ice layer. There may not be anything that threatens my health and mobility more than ice. To mock a local law firm, "One Fall That's all" It's a little bit puzzling even to me, that I traveled through the rain to buy a loaf of bread at the Downer Avenue location from the Breadsmith. I used to play golf in that kind of weather, so that might explain it. I was honored once more this ...

 I have six unread books on the shelf. The Girl Who Lived Twice,  A Lisabeth Salander tale, by Lagercrantz Created by Seig Larsson A Place Called Freedom , by Ken Follett A Column Of Fire , by Ken Follett Fevre Dream , by George R. R. Martin Squeeze Me, by Carl Hiaasen Women in the Moonlight , by Patricia Morrisroe Which one should I read first?  Full disclosure . I have read all of the Lisbeth Salander books except this one. I think I've read all of Follett's books except these two. For those who do not read fantasy, Martin wrote Game of Thrones. Book Report. My novel 26 Women is going to collect some dust for at least a week. I'm going to do research on which platform I'm going to use to Publish.  My next story,  Star Struck, is in first draft status.  For some reason, story ideas are cascading through my mind like boulders in a landslide. Since the idea for Jamieson is so close to home, I've been writing a page a day just to keep the atmosphere and ur...

Face it we're all, Like The Maidan Tied To The Railroad Tracks . To further the atmospheric think of Johnny Cash singing, "I hear the train a-coming. Coming down the tracks." The one huge headlight on the charging rail beast will soon brighten the scene, and our end will be accomplished. I'm speaking of the arrival of Winter in Wisconsin.  Sadly we are closing the season I call "The 120 Days Of Possible Good Weather In Wisconsin." And there were good weather days this season. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seemed like the warmest days were in late June and early July. We experienced a few days with disagreeable conditions. They being the outbreaks of high temperature and high dew points that produce the environment that sucks the energy out of you and make you wonder why you didn't buy that air conditioner. We had far more days in the mid-seventies to the mid-eighties with low humidity. T seems to me we had pleasant weather with enough rain to keep ...

Recently I submitted an article, to my editor at Urban Milwaukee.com, about the future of theater. Specifically, I attempted to focus on what theater companies learned from their efforts to remain relevant during, pun intended , these dark times. I did rant and ramble through an attempt to explain the difference between live performance (Audience and performers in the same venue), streamed live performance (Audience watching the performance, live but separated), and streamed recorded performance ( the version that could be edited more like a movie). I am contemplating a much-needed rewrite of the column. When I was doing research I found a discussion with Superfan Hilary Clinton and a panel with four successful broadway stars about the Question, 'What does this shutdown mean for theater, theater fans, and society? If you find Hilary too polarizing, then just pull the little slider on the bottom until you get to the panel discussion. If you do that, you're going to deny yours...

 In the Red Zone is a phrase from Football that means the ball is close to the goal line. It is meant to raise the expectations of success.  Yesterday I was in the red zone with my vote. I had received my ballot last Friday, September, 25th. Yesterday during lunch with my friend Micelle Mooney, we went through the witnessing ceremony. I stopped at the Eastside Library, walked up to the dropbox on the sidewalk near the entrance, put the ballot through the slot, and scored.😄😄 I hope everyone knows that the ballots are picked up every day and you can go to MyVote.wi.gov and check to see if it's been scanned as received and after Nov. 3rd to confirm it was counted. Still in the Red Zone This week Pam Frautchi and I finished the second line-by-line edit of my novel, 26 Women. I have to go through it for some continuity issues and some extensive rewriting in a couple of areas, but I'm close to publishing it. I'm on my own twenty-yard line with a new idea. My new character is ...

 I'm no Andy Borowitz. Maybe I'm just messing with you. Here is what I posted on Facebook this morning The sad part about this is I will never know how many people are going to believe this. In Wisconsin, we are experiencing what I call San Diego weather. Many people have told me that the most perfect weather in the mainland USA is in San Diego. We are having cool nights Mid '40s-'50s) and warm days (Hi 60's to mid-'70s), small amounts of rain, and scattered clouds.  This is when I miss playing golf. If you have an early tee time, you start out with a light sweater over a polo shirt. As you make the turn on the tenth tee, you probably have put that sweater in the bag. The leaves haven't fallen yet, so you don't lose as many golf balls. The only thing you have to watch is that it starts getting dark earlier. Since Poppa Jeff can't stand up without a cane, he cannot swing a club without falling down. I'm relegated to watching the Pro's play n ...