This Is Drivel

Category: hobby

  • Taylor’s on North Carroll

    Taylor’s on North Carroll Street in downtown Madison has decorated their front window with a dizzying display of old-time toys. It’s more than I can do justice to in a few snapshots, but perhaps I can capture a tiny bit of the fun to be had looking in the window. A close-up of a few… Read.

  • Mautz mansion

    I went for a walk through the ‘mansion district’ once again. Most of the old piles have fallen on hard times, their rooms now parceled out as flats to students. The landlords certainly aren’t much interested in preserving the character of the buildings, as evidenced by the cartoonish color of this lost mansion. Pink? Read.

  • Makado

    I went back to the ski slopes again! A couple guys as work, Romeo Bautista and Dave Christy, were headed for Makado, up north by Mutsu Bay, and asked me if I wanted to come along. I probably shouldn’t have; my legs were still sore and tight from skiing at Moya, but I couldn’t say… Read.

  • shuss

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    Some people can strap on a pair of skis and learn to shuss down a hill with only a few minor spills that everybody can sit around and joke about later. Tim’s one of those people. He got on a snowboard and was shooting down the steeper slopes by mid-afternoon. My Darling B, I suspect,… Read.

  • dear Mom

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    [a letter to Mom:] Thought I’d pass along to you that I finally went through the hoard of coins you passed on to me from Grandpa Fred. It was a lot of fun, just like going through his pocket change, and I wanted to thank you. Lots of nice coins in there, by the way;… Read.

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