Patrick is Here

In the morning drive out to Helenville. It is a small unincorporated town in the midde of nowhere. Walk north on country roads. Walk east. Walk south. Get on the Glacial Drumlin trail and walk it back to my car. The right calf is in significant pain. Drive home.

In the morning walk to the office. Work briefly. Walk home. Walk around downtown while listening to Harvard beat Princeton. Walk home. Drive out to the Union House for dinner with the family. Enjoy steak and mashed potatoes. Eat until I cannot continue doing so. Drive home.

In the morning drive to the courthouse for hearings. Drive home. Walk down to the lakefront. See several peaceful scenes. See geese grazing along the coast while a sailboat goes by. See the cloud formations over an empty Bradford Beach. Walk to Sendick’s grocery store on Downer Avenue. Get fish and chips from the deli. Walk home.

In the morning my contact lens irritates my right eye. It gets red and blows up. Pull out the offending lens and replace it. Drive to the jail. Go in for a consultation. Drive home. Eat lunch. Drive back to the courthouse. Go in for a sentencing hearing. Drive home. Take the contact lens out. My eye is still messed up.

In the morning clean the kitchen and do the laundry. In the afternoon drive to the courthouse for a preliminary hearing. The court is in trial. I sit in the hallway and wait. Listen to the entire David Bowie album “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars” (1972).

In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for preliminary hearing. Case is adjourned. Walk back to my car. See workers dismantiling the cubicle walls from a county office that have probably been up for four decades or so. Drive home.

In the morning walk to the office. Work on many items. Walk home. Ride my bike to Locust Street. Get out and walk up and down the Oak Leaf trail. Walk back to my bike. Ride home.

In the morning drive to Oconomowoc in the rain. It clears up. Walk west and south into the Town of Concord. See a crane dancing in a farm field. Walk back to Oconomowoc. Walk along Beach Drive and look at the mansions on the lake. Drive home.

Walk down to the lakefront. See geese calmly grazing. Throw out bread and they fly into an epic frenzy. One goose flaps it wings on my back as it scatters around. Walk north to UW-Milwaukee. Walk back home.

In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for hearings. Drive home. Crash out. Take a nap. Wake up unrefreshed. Lay on the couch and binge watch more “Kodak”.