tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post5695469698980262465..comments2024-03-19T03:55:23.248-05:00Comments on Althouse: Skating on Lake Mendota.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30343222817963355712011-01-04T22:41:53.812-06:002011-01-04T22:41:53.812-06:00Likewise, Penny.
But may I just say one thing?
M...Likewise, Penny.<br /><br />But may I just say one thing?<br /><br />My mother actually was raised on a farm, as were her parents, as were their parents, and so on. Still, my grandmother, my mother's mom, upon realizing my mom's interest and talent, drove her young daughter a considerable distance to Indianapolis, every week, for a long time, in order to provide her with the appropriate music lessons.<br /><br />Now, I suppose one could say that if she, my grandmother, wanted to provide her daughter, my mom, with the amenities of urban life, she--and my grandfather--ought to have just moved to a city. But that would strike me as both slightly ridiculous and entirely impractical.<br /><br />In any case, I admire my grandmother. I like to think that as different as we were, and despite living in entirely different times, we have a little bit in common insofar as our attitudes to hard boundaries go.reader_iamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352836883752091339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27947139075123386822011-01-04T22:34:21.447-06:002011-01-04T22:34:21.447-06:00Anyway, need to go, reader.
Always a pleasure tal...Anyway, need to go, reader.<br /><br />Always a pleasure talking to you.Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02094488084214911115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62736655899646413122011-01-04T22:21:50.603-06:002011-01-04T22:21:50.603-06:00Now THIS is HOW student fees should be spent!!! ...Now THIS is <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nOTdqVGnOTk/S4yiebHJqxI/AAAAAAAAAT0/s33UtSkwXnI/s1600-h/Varjian+Mallon.jpg" rel="nofollow"> HOW </a> student fees should be spent!!! <br /><br />Big +1<br /><br />chickelit said... "One day I ran across a couple of clowns closer in by the Union"<br /><br /><i> Along with WSA Vice-President Leon Varjian, Mallon oversaw the redirection of the groups budget away from various social causes in the direction of artistic projects, including several startling and amusing public neo-Dadaist stunts. One morning WSA filled Bascom Hill with hundreds of plastic pink flamingos. Perhaps the most memorable stunt created by Mallon's crew was the creation of a replica of the top of the Statue of Liberty. Placed on the frozen ice of Lake Mendota unannounced, it gave the appearance of the statue standing at the bottom of the lake and frozen in up to its nose. </i>Popvillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02299807620623256584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18888616545411999802011-01-04T22:12:26.855-06:002011-01-04T22:12:26.855-06:00I guess what I'm saying is that if parents are...I guess what I'm saying is that if parents are really serious about affording their kids "the country life", they need to move to the country.<br /><br />Oddly, immigrants seem to have figured out this "migration pattern" faster than we natives.Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02094488084214911115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5411137122199614022011-01-04T20:54:03.771-06:002011-01-04T20:54:03.771-06:00My son--I have just one child--is pretty solidly 1...My son--I have just one child--is pretty solidly 10.5, under *any* definition, so far as I can tell. Me? I'm pretty much *old* definition in terms of verging on 50, for good, for ill or for whatever.<br /><br />And you're right, of course, regarding your last point.reader_iamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352836883752091339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74457975870260701842011-01-04T20:47:50.105-06:002011-01-04T20:47:50.105-06:00Nothing better than black ice.Nothing better than black ice.MadisonManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01212179466758420208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-75543825210527588482011-01-04T20:08:06.181-06:002011-01-04T20:08:06.181-06:00Oh, I don't know, reader.
No "beef"...Oh, I don't know, reader.<br /><br />No "beef" as much as an observation.<br /><br />As long as parents do the "new math" with their own ages, a la 40 being the new 20 or 50 being the new 30...<br /><br />Well...that would make your kids about how old?<br /><br />Always remember...other than Solitaire...there is no "game" without two to play.Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02094488084214911115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8213445187064468002011-01-04T19:49:43.439-06:002011-01-04T19:49:43.439-06:0026? LOL. He shoulda picked younger parents, if tha...26? LOL. He shoulda picked younger parents, if that's his [misguided] expectation.<br /><br />What's your beef, Penny?reader_iamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352836883752091339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62831892753765763642011-01-04T19:41:50.380-06:002011-01-04T19:41:50.380-06:00"Hell, we even let the boy shoot--gasp! wait ..."Hell, we even let the boy shoot--gasp! wait for it!--guns!"<br /><br />And if he is REALLY free-range, I suspect he will have admirable "guns" when he leaves your home at age 26 or so?<br /><br />Ha ha By that time, he should have a bevy of female lawyers and doctors more than happy to know him for a night.Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02094488084214911115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-37472494207805568952011-01-04T19:34:46.944-06:002011-01-04T19:34:46.944-06:00"I assume you'll let him grow up a bit an..."I assume you'll let him grow up a bit and raft down the river...that was always my dream."<br /><br />I saw you from my boxcar, chickelit!<br /><br />You cut quite the fine swath.Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02094488084214911115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67740414627759840412011-01-04T19:34:10.892-06:002011-01-04T19:34:10.892-06:00At a range, to which we drive him. ; )At a range, to which we drive him. ; )reader_iamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352836883752091339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-13086670322704580222011-01-04T19:32:47.273-06:002011-01-04T19:32:47.273-06:00I live just up the street from the Mississippi in ...I live just up the street from the Mississippi in a smallish Midwest city. Not sure if you're trying to imply something or not, but my son can't "virtually" do anything in his room since there's no computer there, and we're more free-range than overprotective, within our physical context. Hell, we even let the boy shoot--gasp! wait for it!--<i>guns</i>!<br /><br />: )reader_iamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352836883752091339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-12469327237937710372011-01-04T19:26:14.335-06:002011-01-04T19:26:14.335-06:00Not sure exactly where you live, reader?
Perhaps ...Not sure exactly where you live, reader?<br /><br />Perhaps it's easier for your child to "virtually" skate the river from his or her bedroom?Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02094488084214911115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-77227172137361709332011-01-04T19:09:54.847-06:002011-01-04T19:09:54.847-06:00reader_iam said...
He can't drive himself anyw...reader_iam said...<br /><i>He can't drive himself anywhere and I'm certainly not going to let him scoot on down and skate on the Mighty Mississippi. : )</i><br /><br />I assume you'll let him grow up a bit and raft down the river...that was always my dream.chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66474510543772494612011-01-04T18:26:21.575-06:002011-01-04T18:26:21.575-06:00@Penny: He can't drive himself anywhere and I&...@Penny: He can't drive himself anywhere and I'm certainly not going to let him scoot on down and skate on the Mighty Mississippi. : )reader_iamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352836883752091339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31599245623793910432011-01-04T18:11:33.846-06:002011-01-04T18:11:33.846-06:00Next purchases: Two sets of ice claws and snowboa...Next purchases: Two sets of <a href="http://www.nordicskater.com/safety/index.html" rel="nofollow">ice claws</a> and snowboarding helmet for A.Meadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00117933390338651739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-54475735293912293942011-01-04T18:06:38.264-06:002011-01-04T18:06:38.264-06:00@reader_iam: I'm sure you're giving them o...@reader_iam: I'm sure you're giving them other and different wonderful memories. Our kids grew up near the ocean and have known the beach since they were babies. I never had that.chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83363730293129070652011-01-04T18:03:30.448-06:002011-01-04T18:03:30.448-06:00Penny said...
Did the same thing, chickelit! Excep...Penny said...<br /><i>Did the same thing, chickelit! Except we went to a roller skating rink where they too played the latest organ pop hits.</i><br /><br />That brings me back! I did that too. But they played the latest pop tunes--like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26wEWSUUsUc" rel="nofollow">this </a> one IIRC. <br /><br />I guess I have an excuse for not taking the kids ice skating living in SoCal but we really should take them roller skating.chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-72238465044769471892011-01-04T18:02:13.589-06:002011-01-04T18:02:13.589-06:00"...why on earth I've neglected to give m..."...why on earth I've neglected to give my own son such winter memories!"<br /><br />Interesting way to phrase that, reader. <br /><br />My parents never "gave" me winter memories, unless you count where they chose to live, because that was a given. <br /><br />Country kids had very few outlets other than outdoor activities when I was growing up, so that's just what we did...loving every minute of it.Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02094488084214911115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-6963687374720656572011-01-04T17:45:29.388-06:002011-01-04T17:45:29.388-06:00I haven't ice skated in many years and not out...I haven't ice skated in many years and not outside since my grandparents were alive and living in Wheaton, Illinois. This recent series is making me wonder why I ever gave it up--and, more important, why on earth I've neglected to give my own son such winter memories!reader_iamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352836883752091339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-46513907346465477702011-01-04T17:42:52.853-06:002011-01-04T17:42:52.853-06:00I absolutely love the way the ice looks, especiall...I absolutely love the way the ice looks, especially in the first shot. Really beautiful and interesting, too. Nice capture by the photog.reader_iamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352836883752091339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-43168323321742183672011-01-04T17:37:06.537-06:002011-01-04T17:37:06.537-06:00Did the same thing, chickelit! Except we went to ...Did the same thing, chickelit! Except we went to a roller skating rink where they too played the latest organ pop hits.<br /><br />My weak ankles never bothered me on roller skates, but I never quite figured out to stop without crashing into the padded half walls or hanging on to someone who had mastered that technique.<br /><br />I always preferred the latter method, of course. ;)Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02094488084214911115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-22025347023520760972011-01-04T17:08:04.849-06:002011-01-04T17:08:04.849-06:00Penny said...
Ice skating was a big part of my lif...Penny said...<br /><i>Ice skating was a big part of my life growing up. Day skating on the canal, and night skating by bonfire at a friend's pond.</i><br /><br />When I was much younger I lived in Cleveland for a time. I used to go skating at an indoor rink (the river and lake were way to dirty). It was a great place to meet girls and to pair skate listening to Wurlitzer organ music.chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55244454937830269242011-01-04T16:51:03.908-06:002011-01-04T16:51:03.908-06:00Ice skating was a big part of my life growing up. ...Ice skating was a big part of my life growing up. Day skating on the canal, and night skating by bonfire at a friend's pond.<br /><br />Unfortunately, I had weak ankles and could never make it up to the locks, but I knew just how far I could go before I had to turn around and skate back down on the inside edges of my skates.Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02094488084214911115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62477856154248825632011-01-04T16:46:24.163-06:002011-01-04T16:46:24.163-06:00Awesome, Ann...I'm jealous. I've ventured ...Awesome, Ann...I'm jealous. I've ventured to Eagle River the last 3 years in February for the annual pond hockey tourney but won't be coming this year. Taking the year off. Always love coming to northern Wisconsin, its beautiful.Toad Trendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03113877205525601966noreply@blogger.com