No Fixed Plans

 

via GIPHY A snowy New Year's is as good a time as any to reflect on resolutions. I'll probably tweak them in the next few days. This last year has been tough for some resolutions. My new job schedule of six 10 hour days has made me mail at my old movie resolution. I've seen about one old movie since September.  I did succeed in reading the Bible, my 39 book reading challenge, and walking almost daily. This year I aim to: Continue to walk daily around my neighborhood, unless it's really slippery out. Start using weights for my arms. I'll increase the number of sets throughout the year. Read 22 books, which allows me to read longer books and not to be rushed in December. Visit Wisconsin more. After discovering Old World Wisconsin, I've realized there's more to see in my neighbor to the north. Frankly, the city of Chicago has gotten rather scary and it's quite empty compared to pre-COVID, rioting and looting times. Practice Japanese 2 times a week. Listen t...

  For Xingfu Mama's Pull Up a Seat Challenge, I'm sharing the chairs on the altar at St. Ita's Catholic Church, where I went for their bilingual New Year's mass. To see more seats, click here . 

St. Ita's Church, Chicago The Which Way photo challenge is all about capturing the roads, walks, trails, rails, steps, signs, etc. we move from one place to another on.  You can walk on them, climb them, drive them, ride on them, as long as the specific way is visible.  Any angle of a bridge is acceptable as are any signs. There’s no topic to this challenge.  All you need have is the “way” visible and the main focus of your photo.   Here is a list of acceptable “ways”: Roads:  gravel, asphalt, cobbled, dirt, freeway, expressway, highway, bridges Indoor walkways:  hallways, aisles, people movers Outdoor walks:  sidewalks, paths, trails Stairs, elevators, escalators, or steps Railway tracks, monorails, ski lifts Runways and tarmacs Ferries, canals and locks Parking lots, private driveways Tunnels Signs of any kind:  directional, informational, store signs, wind vanes Maps that are posted as sign You can see more Ways and join the fun by clicking her...

  At St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Chicago, my contribution to the year's first Sculpture Saturday. To see more, click here . 

 

Bain News Service, Publisher.  Cafe, New Year's Eve . , ca. 1910. [Between and Ca. 1915] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2014694999/. My Sepia Saturday post this week commemorates New Year's Eve with photos from the Library of Congress and vintage cards I've found. At Hotel Prosperity all the tables have been reserved. How about that? Keppler, Udo J., Artist.  New Year's eve at the hotel prosperity / Kep . , 1909. N.Y.: Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, Puck Building. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2011647535/. Federal Theatre Project, U.S., Sponsor.  "Vaudeville frolic" 15 acts: Gala midnight show New Year's eve . San Diego California, None. [California: federal art project, between 1936 and 1941] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/98516889/ I've checked an inflation calculator for these prices. Thirty-five cents in 1936 is $7.00 now and 55¢ is $11.00. So entertainment is a category where prices have really skyrocketed. I didn't...