This past weekend Anita and I traveled to Chicago by train. I was attending a professional conference, and she came along for the ride. The train is our favorite way to get to the City of Broad Shoulders. It picks us up at a small town in mid-Michigan -- a major hub in the old days but now just a place that the train stops at twice a day, going west in the morning and east at night. A few hours after we get on board, the train deposits us at Union Station, a short cab-ride from the Loop. … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2011
Sunday short-takes
This week I donated my fat-pants and started taking my vitamins again. Closet Cleaned When I started out eating low-carb eight months ago, I was just trying to lose weight. I was focused on pounds, not inches, and I didn't have a specific goal for my waist-line circumference. Gradually, I settled on reducing my waist-line to under 40 inches as a worthwhile and realistic goal. I have now achieved that goal. Today I pulled a dozen pairs of pants out of my closet, all too big for me to wear. … [Read more...]
My November plan: write a novel, blog a bit
Somewhat improbably, I've decided to devote a big chunk of my leisure time this month to writing a mystery. Yes, I am participating in the mass writing event known as National Novel Writing Month -- NaNoWriMo for short. And yes, "leisure time" also happens to be the time I use to update this blog. This is the second time I've participated. Back in 2007, I did it along with several university colleagues, and managed to write the required 50,000 words plus of original fiction in 30 days. That's … [Read more...]