Imagine Madison presentationIt’s still Monday, and not too late to share the latest Madison happenings. This week’s Madison Monday comes late in the evening because I just attended the big reveal for Ball State’s Community Based Projects’s Community … [Read more...]
Madison Monday: Tomatoes and eating local
July 12, 2011 By 2 Comments
It’s hot, hot, and hotter in southern Indiana this week. Yesterday, we had a heat index of 115, which is to say it wasn’t actually 115 degrees out there (more like 94) but according to the weather experts, it felt like 115. That would be the … [Read more...]
Madison Monday: I love a parade!
July 4, 2011 By 2 Comments
The Oh Boy! Oberto/Miss Madison, star of the Regatta paradeIt’s Independence Day in Madison, and all the exciting stuff is already over. Yes, Madison’s claim to fame, the Regatta, ended yesterday and so the actual 4th of July is something of a … [Read more...]
Madison Monday: On coming home and heading South
June 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
On Sunday, I found myself at the end a 380 mile drive from Brevard, North Carolina to Madison, Indiana. Brevard is right on the border of the Pisgah National Forest, and in a broad valley of the Appalachians. You can order sweet tea everywhere and … [Read more...]
Madison Monday: Pontooning on the Ohio River
June 15, 2011 By 4 Comments
No faithful readers, I have not completely disappeared off the face of the planet. I did go to Austin, Texas, which may not have disappeared off the face of the planet, but seems to be a very difficult place for rain clouds to find. Austin is in … [Read more...]
Madison Monday: The 6th Annual Ohio River Valley Folk Festival
May 23, 2011 By 1 Comment
The TillersThe folk festival is over and I’m crawling out of my music, sun and beer-induced haze to report on the proceedings this Monday. As I wrote before, the Ohio River Valley Folk Festival takes place every May here in Madison, on the banks of … [Read more...]
6th Annual Ohio Rivery Valley Folk Festival: Day One
May 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Just a quick post before I head down to participate in a musicians' workshop with The Tillers … [Read more...]
Madison Monday: Our lovely library
May 16, 2011 By 8 Comments
One of the very first posts I wrote on this blog was about rediscovering libraries and reading, so it feels kind of like coming full circle to be writing about our local library again. Much of what I have to say, I said in that original post, only, … [Read more...]
Madison Monday: Sitting at the bar
May 3, 2011 By 3 Comments
Here you can see the tap for my favorite beer,Three Floyd's Alpha KingI've written about one of my favorite Madison hang-outs, the 605 Grille, before. If you follow this blog, you know I spend quite a bit of time there. One of my favorite things … [Read more...]
Madison Monday: On floods and the sociology of disaster
April 25, 2011 By 3 Comments
Well, that’s a kind of a scary title for a blog post, so let me assure you first of all, that there’s no real disaster in Madison. The river is up, and certainly above flood level, and may reach a mark that would be on the list of top 15 highest … [Read more...]
