Lake surf from Sandy
On Tuesday, Lake Michigan was roiled with peripheral winds from Hurricane Sandy. I had to go to the office, but my husband managed to go see the waves. This was the scene that he found off of...
View ArticleVolumes and margins
The margin between land and lake is a wonderful and precarious space. The particularities of our earthly existence come smack up against something that is bigger and more bountiful but also more...
View ArticleThe magic hedge
The magic hedge is one of Chicago’s great natural treasures. It’s a fenced-off piece of land that juts out into Lake Michigan, capping a promontory in a large lakefront park. The magic hedge is a...
View ArticleCyclorama
Cramped—inside battened buildings crisped with steam radiators, inside buses ventilated with warm carbon monoxide, inside coats inflated to immobilize us—, we wait for this season on the wheel to come...
View ArticleMontrose Avenue Beach
Celia loves going to the everyman beach between Montrose and Foster. This is where the landscape opens up and buildings recede, taking a back seat to the expansive beauty of the lake and sky....
View ArticleSunday in the park
Humans have changed little since the nineteenth century when George Seurat lived and painted his masterpiece. This image has been pointillized. Click image to enlarge.
View ArticleAt 5 pm
Commuters on the bus regard others enjoying the unfettered pleasures of being at the beach at the end of the day. I look out at the passing scene through the bus window. Being liberated from work is...
View ArticleA Real Beauty
The cold front that’s been sweeping the Plains reached here last night. Temperatures and humidity dropped, bringing delicious weather and dramatic waves. Too dangerous for swimming! This was our view...
View ArticleMy neighborhood: an aerial view
My husband and I went to Washington DC over the weekend to celebrate my sister-in-law’s sixtieth birthday. Our flight out of Chicago departed in the afternoon. Fine visibility. The plane flew right...
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