“Searchlights in the Frost” from The Death of Aliza Willett

Set in Aurora, Illinois in the early 1980’s, “The Death of Aliza Willet” is a Midwestern Gothic folk opera that follows high schoolers Aliza, Sarah William, and Ben as killers walk through the backyards as children sleep

A little snow this morning

America was given a choice between a lawless, amoral monster and a qualified, intelligent, joyful woman of color—and it chose the monster. We need to reckon with the reality of what that says about so many of us here.

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Evening walk on the beach

The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.

Morning walk 15F

Frozen River

"You voted for the guy because he was anti-immigration. Now he's going to let immigrants take the high-paying jobs but throw the fruit pickers out. His boss told you to go F your own face, then scolded you the next day, saying you should be nicer. What am I missing here?"

Day and night…almost Christmas!

Last light in Northern WI

The Chiefs have the kind of luck that’ll make a man dress up in an anthropomorphic wolf costume and attempt a series of armed robberies

A third of us tried to save two thirds of us from themselves.

They’re about to find out.

Please remember there are billionaires spending money on outrage media to make you mad at federal civil servants instead of the Supreme Court they bought. Please save your outrage for the actual fascists.

The 2-9 Giants vs the 4-7 Cowboys isn't the football game that America wants today but it is certainly the game that America deserves today.

Stick season in Wisconsin.

'This process includes the replacement of all first-rate talents, regardless of their political loyalties, with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is the best guarantee of their loyalty.' (The Origins of Totalitarianism, renewed version, A Harvest Book New York, 1976, 339)

“I can’t give you a position Kari. You’re already Governor and Senator-elect.”

Some random photos from around the neighborhood