A Curmudgeon Amok in Chicago

Looking south towards the Loop, not a particularly windy day by Chicago standards. Absorb the sound and sights and find peace. Available for free download from Veoh, my multiply site, or Google vide more » Looking south towards the Loop, not a particularly windy day by Chicago standards. Absorb the sound and sights and find peace. Available for free download from Veoh, my multiply site, or Google video.« less

Looking south towards the Loop, not a particularly windy day by Chicago standards. Absorb the sound and sights and find peace. Available for free download from Veoh, my multiply site, or Google vide more » Looking south towards the Loop, not a particularly windy day by Chicago standards. Absorb the sound and sights and find peace. Available for free download from Veoh, my multiply site, or Google video« less

Looking south towards the Loop, not a particularly windy day by Chicago standards. Absorb the sound and sights and find peace. Available for free download from Veoh, my multiply site, or Google vide more » Looking south towards the Loop, not a particularly windy day by Chicago standards. Absorb the sound and sights and find peace. Available for free download from Veoh, my multiply site, or Google video.« less

Little Hilde is usually unflappable, but either the barbed wire with the plastic bags blowing in the wind, or the garbage truck blocking our way, got to her. Little Hilde is usually unflappable, but either the barbed wire with the plastic bags blowing in the wind, or the garbage truck blocking our way, got to her.« less

Little Hilde is usually unflappable, but either the barbed wire with the plastic bags blowing in the wind, or the garbage truck blocking our way, got to her. Little Hilde is usually unflappable, but either the barbed wire with the plastic bags blowing in the wind, or the garbage truck blocking our way, got to her.« less

I love cycling, I've been a cyclist. I've also hit a car, been hit by a car, and worked a year in a level I trauma center where I saw the results of blasting through stop signs. I don't excuse ruden more » I love cycling, I've been a cyclist. I've also hit a car, been hit by a car, and worked a year in a level I trauma center where I saw the results of blasting through stop signs. I don't excuse rudeness or illegality on the part of cars or pedestrians. I've had many a car come close to running me over too, but on those occasions I'm generally too busy saving my own scrawny hide to capture it on video. But it never ceases to amaze me how those at the greatest risk of injury do the very things most likely to incur it.« less

George Carlin famously described home as "a place to keep your stuff." Well, when you're homeless... You have no home You have no " place to keep your stuff." When the pups and I went more » George Carlin famously described home as "a place to keep your stuff." Well, when you're homeless... You have no home You have no " place to keep your stuff." When the pups and I went out this morning to take Jerel some coffee, he was gone, and all his hard scrabbled possessions were returned to the trash whence they had come. I wasn't surprised. I'd seen him quarreling with people who eyed his bounty yesterday, so... *** Fare the well Jerel.... I hope one day you have a "a place to keep your stuff." **** ...« less

See other videos in series for the boilerplate. I like to go to the Lake and shoot the wind, waves, and wildlife to relax and meditate to. The video (and all the ones in this series) are available f more » See other videos in series for the boilerplate. I like to go to the Lake and shoot the wind, waves, and wildlife to relax and meditate to. The video (and all the ones in this series) are available for free download at Veoh and my multiply site.« less

Walking back, the sky turned from striking to falling- it rained- so I cut this short, but the lake part is nice, and the car is pretty striking in how messed up it was! See description of other vide more » Walking back, the sky turned from striking to falling- it rained- so I cut this short, but the lake part is nice, and the car is pretty striking in how messed up it was! See description of other videos for the boilerplate« less

One of the things I most love about living in Chicago, especially the lakeside neighborhood of Edgewater on the far north side, is the juxtaposition of bustling urban life and the raw forces of natur more » One of the things I most love about living in Chicago, especially the lakeside neighborhood of Edgewater on the far north side, is the juxtaposition of bustling urban life and the raw forces of nature. These videos exemplify my favorite time to take videos and pictures. The sun is to the West of the clouds, so it sets them in stark contrast, yet provides very bright light to the surroundings. The time of year is perfect too- early spring when the new foliage has that wonderful fresh "new growth" green. This series features construction workers on the top of a new building working with a crane, Darwinian cyclists running the stop signs at a busy intersection, a really smashed up car, seagulls in a standoff, the stunning lakeshore, and of course- WIND! Two of the videos feature my dear little papillon dogs and the tenacious sedum I brought with me here from Indianapolis.« less