Personal posts
Posts on architecture, obsessions, photography, poems, visits to art exhibits, essays, family, and or things about me organized under art, home, and work.
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Here’s a Long Poem I Read This Morning
I am a poet. At least I used to be. I’ve got the books and the performance tapes and the tour posters to prove it. I write lots of stuff every day, but I don’t write a whole lot of poems anymore. I never read books of poetry– I honestly cannot stand what passes for…
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Daley Plaza Wi-Fi
Here’s a look at the fountains at Daley Plaza, where the City of Chicago offers free wi-fi to all. Daley Plaza Wi-Fi, originally uploaded by juggernautco.
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Why The New York Times is the Best
The New York Times coverage of Hurricane Katrina shows why they are still head & shoulders above everyone else when it comes to the poetry of the everyday news. Here’s just two magic paragraphs of horror description from Robert D. McFadden: Still officials cautioned that New Orleans faced a long, difficult climb out of the…
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Camp Fire
Camp Fire, originally uploaded by juggernautco. Summer closes. The Edgerton fires still warm me. This summer we spent a few days in a cabin in Edgerton, WI. It’s amazing how campfires can make you feel– safe, primal, agressive. I look forward to the apples of Fall, but still tuck the fires of Edgerton in me.
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To Panera Bread, With Love
Most of us vagabond laptop workers are highly aware of the fact that Panera Bread has free wi-fi in every one of their stores. On any given day, I am all over the city & suburbs meeting with clients, picking up my kids, sending documents, etc., and the mental geography of all the spacious, clean,…