oh to be connected

I am back. And I cannot tell you how much I missed the old computer. What am amazing tool. It sometimes feels like another arm. I would dangerous with a laptop. Nothing would ever get done.
They're everywhere!

Just before leaving Chicago I spent a few days in the burbs ... or "the country" as my mother-in-law puts it. The cicadas have emerged and were out of control. We woke to their song and it was a bit haunting. Not the low familiar hum of my childhood in the South, but a high-pitched, constant song. Actually, I shouldn't call it a "song". If it was, it would be on the "b-side".

My nieces were incredibly brave. Check it out.