Lake Mendota

Solitude and the lake.

I took my walk to work yesterday down by the lake -- Lake Mendota. That makes the walk a few blocks longer, but the lake has its mystic pull for the solitary individual, as I was and often am on my walks around Madison. My camera…

Lake Mendota, yesterday.

There were a lot of sailboats... A lone heron, out there... That red-winged blackbird, nesting in the willow... The fishing guy went in knee deep... And the poor chipmunk -- no, it's not dead -- but its chipmunky way of darti…

Too cold for the "Polar Plunge."

The kids raised money for the Special Olympics by promising to jump in Lake Mendota. Then it turned out to be -17 on the day they'd promised to do it. According to Paul Taylor, a University of Wisconsin freshman, officials h…

Murray Mall!

Here 's the new campus project: UW-Madison is unveiling details of its proposed $10 million East Campus Mall that will run from Regent Street to a grand esplanade opening on a view of Lake Mendota. The seven-block mall will …

September Saturday.

I had Chris drop me off near the Capitol Square this morning because I wanted to look at a model condominium. Sometimes I think of selling my big house in University Heights and moving to a pristine apartment downtown with a glor…

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