Way less time

In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for hearings. Client gets more time that he wanted but way less time that the prosecutor wanted. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work on preparing for trial next week. Walk home.

Launch for the moon

In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for hearings. Drive to the House of Correction. Go in for a consultation. Drive home. Drive to the courthouse. Go in for preliminary hearings. Drive home. Watch Artemis II launch for the moon.

NASA’s Artemis II moon rocket lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39-B Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)

We shall return!

In the morning walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk home. Drive to the jail. Go in for a consultation. Drive home. Walk back to the office. Work a bit more. Walk down to the lakefront. See geese marching past the General Douglas MacArthur statue. The geese are proudly squawking: “we shall return!” Walk north to Lake Park. Walk back home.

Career of Whitney Houston

In the morning drive to Oconomowoc. Walk north to Okauchee Lake. Walk south back to my car. Walk over 7 and a half hours and pass 40,000 steps. Listen to a podcast discussing the carrer of Whitney Houston. Drive home.

No Kings

In the morning walk to the office. Work briefly. Walk home. Walk west to Washington Park. Join the No Kings protest and march down 35th Street. Walk home.

Hitting the wall this week

In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for hearings. Drive home. In the afternoon walk to Cesar Chavez Drive. Stop at Los Comales for tacos. The waitress knows my order before I can say anything. Unfortunately they are not watching a telenovela. Walk home. I am hitting the wall this week. Go to bed early again.

Long day

In the morning drive to the courthouse. Go in for several hearings. Walk to the jail. Go in for a consultation. Drive to the Children’s Courthouse detention center. Go in for a consultation with a juvenile defendant. See two geese behind the courthouse. Drive home. Have to take a different route to get around the traffic jam for Brewers opening day. The Brewers crush the Chicago Whitesox, 14-2. Drive back to the courthouse in the afternoon for sentencing hearings. Drive home. Go to bed early. Long day.

One client is all upset

In the morning drive to the jail. Go in for consultations. One client is all upset. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk home. Walk down to the lakefront. Look for squirrels. Put peanuts out in the regular spots. Walk home.

Steel girder bird bath

In the morning drive to the jail. Go in for consultations. Drive home. Walk to the office. Work for a while. Walk home. Walk down to the lakefront. Look for squirrels. Put out peanuts in the regular spots. See two robins using a steel girder as a bird bath. Walk home.