Yes, it's not exactly Monday in Madison, but better late than never.  For those of you who might be new the blog, you can check out a list of previous Madison Monday posts here.This day after Monday, I'm in the middle of a very complicated recipe for … [Read more...]

The American Queen docked in Madisonphoto courtesy of InMadisonIN.comInMadisonIN.comMadison, as you may have gathered by now, is a place with a lot of things going on.  It is also not always the most technologically savvy community, so many events … [Read more...]

Last week in Madison there was a festival-like atmosphere down by the river, before the festival season has even kicked off.  All that was lacking was food and good beer.  But if you’d stumbled onto this gathering, you might have wondered why … [Read more...]

It was another busy weekend in Madison, with many exciting events still on the horizon to look forward to.  At the Thomas Family Winery, it was the 16th Annual Hot Luck and Fiery Foods Marketplace.  Saturday was the first day for the outdoor season … [Read more...]

It’s a little over a month until what, for me, is the premier summer music festival of, if not the Midwest, than at the very least Southern Indiana.  River Roots Festival (formerly known as the Ohio River Valley Folk Festival, which was a mouthful, … [Read more...]

It’s Monday, and I’m not in Madison.  The husband and I are at the National Main Streets Conference in Baltimore, where on Wednesday, I’ll be giving a speech at the closing session.  As I write, we’re sitting in our hotel room which looks out on … [Read more...]

On any given weekend, Madison has a hopping music scene.  Just on St. Patrick's Day weekend, there was Irish music to be heard at Thomas Family Winery, or That Book Place, or The Electric Lady, just to name a few.  This weekend, Tom Roznowski could … [Read more...]

Madison Chautauqua of the ArtsMadison Monday is over a year old!  The first Madison Monday post was in January of 2011, but that birthday just passed me right by.  So now seems like as good a time as any to celebrate over a year of Madison Monday and … [Read more...]

For someone coming from a Southern Baptist background, Buddhism can seem like a lonely thing.  It didn’t take me long to realize growing up that the church I attended was as much about community as it was about anything to do with god or Jesus.  When … [Read more...]