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Goodbye Sun
As I’ve previously mentioned on this blog, I was disappointed when we moved from a sunny apartment to one that only had 10 minutes of sunlight on a good day. When we moved to our newest place, the lot next door was empty. They picked up the pace on construction in the new year, and…
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Gates Down
After a woman asked about all the businesses closing for good, I paid more attention to how it looks like businesses don’t do well in our neighborhood
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Scenic View
The highway signs alerting drivers to scenic views always have me curious. We had a dog with us for our Thanksgiving trip, so we stopped at the first one in the Appalachians. My attempts to wrangle two kids and a dog were minimal. I was the only driver, so I didn’t want to waste too…
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Eye Catching
Brooklyn is looking a bit like a joyful movie set instead of an old, stressed borough
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Better in a Bubble
A mash up of a current and past TV shows sends me down memory lane to explore the joy of easy escapes
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Ultimate Gladiator
A local fitness competition worked out well for expanding my fitness portfolio and adding more video
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Parking Boot
Finally was in a place with time to catch a picture of a festive-looking boot in the wild
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Successfully Take Advantage of the World Cup
How to capitalize on the games this summer without incurring the wrath of FIFA’s lawyers
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More Horror
Seeing movies for sale in the check out lane at my grocery store raised all kinds of questions.
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Still Not Going Anywhere
This is a follow up to https://madelinestrum.com/blog/2026/02/28/not-going-anywhere/ The first time I visited New York City was in March of 2002, only six months after 9/11. Seeing bikes chained to parking notices that were now missing tires and rusted out seemed like they hadn’t been trashed yet as a memorial and less like an issue of…
