It’s Lunch Time My Friend 7.7.11
It's one of those days you're feeling a little lazy, don't feel like putting up with crowds on the street or in whatever food joints near work. You'll be sitting…
Waterdog Journal on ChicagoNow
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…
Closer to the City, They’d try to Kill Them Off
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…
Hectic Schedules, Summer Doldrums and Fishing Ennui
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…
God and Lawn Care
Another from my friend Tom down in Florida. ____________________________________________ God said: "St. Francis, you know all about gardens and nature. What in the world is going on down there on…
It’s Lunch Time My Friend
A long time ago I worked as a janitor, second shift, in Sears Tower. 90 percent of the janitors were Polish. Lunch time would come around. You have to imagine…
Battling Big Bass
While putting away the laundry I turn on the tube to something mindless for the company. On one of the outdoors channels was a show called Big Bass Battle. I…
Morning Coffee
One lazy morning the wife and I were quiet and thoughtful, sitting around having that first cup of coffee out in the yard. I said out of nowhere, "When I…
If your blog is unreadable, why even write?
Okay, I just got done going through the OBN Community News. That's what I do, click on things that sound interesting. I can't read half of them. Granted, at 55…