Sometimes for no apparent reason Foxy, under the bed or with me on the bed, will wake up or lift her head and bark quickly, then growl. She can smell or hear the deer moving through the clearing. I lift my head to look out the small window, but at night there’s just blackness and in daylight the hoarfrost covers […]

I recently was filing the certificate of a joyous wedding at the County Recorder’s Office. For sale for $10 while they last is the 2012 Cook County Plat Book and Land Atlas, about to be updated. Original price was $35.00. Being curious, a sucker for a bargain, and always on the lookout for information sources, I bought one. The Atlas […]

Many years ago, my sister in-law and I traveled to Scotland. Although we were different as night and day, we got along fine as we traversed the length and width of this lovely country. She was a collector and could have been an interior decorator. I was not a decorator and the decor in my house could best be described […]

I was playing Hotter and Colder with my nephew and niece last weekend. That is where you hide something and say Hotter / Colder depending on how close they come to the item. The game is only fun if it isn’t 27 below windchill! Let me say, we played the game inside. I am amazed at how cold the weather […]

I like machines. Occasionally, usually on the couch, I envision an idyllic future, like the one in The Jetsons, where a robot rolls over to me with a martini. In the timeless classic by Flight of the Concords, the song Robots, set in “the distant future, the year 2000”, it is Man vs. Robot. The song is so good I’m […]

In part 1, I only covered the life cycle of winter ticks and their impact on moose. Part 2 will present additional important information on them. Winter ticks are not found in Alaska, Newfoundland or northern most Canada. Other than those areas, all North American moose populations have winter ticks. Their primary hosts are moose, elk, white-tailed deer, mule deer, […]