collecting the everyday, almost every day attached to jcowles.comTumblr (3.0; @quotidianalia)http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2i80dysZo1qklvklo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Home</strong></p>http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/21129875176http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/21129875176Sat, 14 Apr 2012 23:48:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m17lfpTnar1qklvklo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Cricket</strong></p> <p>I love her.</p>http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/19653658613http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/19653658613Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:31:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvrc6xCRcV1qklvklo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Autumn Glow</strong></p> <p>Friday the sun was setting behind the house and making the trees glow gold.  Today, it is snowing.</p> <p><span>Photo </span><a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/">cc by-nc-sa</a></p>http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/13803447277http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/13803447277Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:01:43 -0600<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/13489788009/tumblr_lveood2w8a1qklvkl&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p><strong>Cricket’s Birth (3:26)</strong></p> <p>Warning: This is an audio recording of the actual birth of my actual daughter, so there is moaning and crying and stuff.  Still, it may be one of the quietest births on record.</p> <p>Hard to believe it has been over four months already.</p> <div></div>http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/13489788009http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/13489788009Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:25:46 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luuh7lAoXG1qklvklo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>This Horse Paints<br/></strong>Buggs Jensen</p> <p>Literally.  The horse paints.  Karen and I interviewed the horse and his owner Carol late this summer.  I’m still working on the transcript and pulling pieces together for a little video to share online.  It was an interesting conversation - stay tuned!</p>http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/12960838634http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/12960838634Fri, 18 Nov 2011 01:09:00 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lryih30iVS1qklvklo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Future Site of Mike’s Club House</strong></p> <p>Below the New Zealand flag will be a row of shuttered windows and the bar.  Off camera is the antique cork-insulated icebox that will be retrofitted into a beer fridge.  Lisa is fond of the saying: “The only difference between a dream and a goal is a plan.”</p>http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/10546566705http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/10546566705Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:46:14 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrw4dylD8D1qklvklo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Mike & Griffin</strong></p> <p>A rescue pit bull</p>http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/10490957017http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/10490957017Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:46:45 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrs3n6q6gE1qklvklo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Mike</strong></p> <p>Plays rugby.</p>http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/10405810339http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/10405810339Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:40:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrqphhb92o1qklvklo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Advantage</strong></p> <p>A poster in the basement of a teacher I interviewed today.</p> <p><span>Photo <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/">cc by-nc-sa</a></span></p>http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/10378532644http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/10378532644Sun, 18 Sep 2011 17:36:52 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqd363G26e1qklvklo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>My Favorite</strong></p>http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/9279720746http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/9279720746Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:32:26 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpg1804xyF1qklvklo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Grandma’s TV</strong></p> <p>That’s <em>Mrs.</em> Verne E. Cowles. a.k.a. Pearl.</p>http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/8506646387http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/8506646387Fri, 05 Aug 2011 02:09:00 -0500mepeoplegrandmatvphotofamily<p>Some small number of people may have noticed that this page has not been updated recently.  There are a couple reasons for this.  </p> <p>First, I was working very hard to finish up an End-of-Year presentation to close out my time as an AmeriCorps VISTA member.  That presentation took the form of two videos, which can be viewed <a href="http://www.jcowles.com/resume/dpi-vista-end-of-year-videos/">here</a>.</p> <p>A few days after my sleepless presentation day, my daughter was born a bit early but healthy and normal on July 21 at 12:02.  Cricket Pearl, as you may imagine, now consumes a lot of time (which is great).</p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpfxzju7Gg1qjqh3s.jpg"/></p> <p>Nevertheless, I plan to keep this tumblr blog updated, as much as possible.  I am also working on a longer story about a horse, a small something about bowling and I am almost certainly starting a year-long project on &#8220;Teachers At Home&#8221; this September.  On top of all that, I am taking a &#8220;genealogy for librarians&#8221; class this semester which may help uncover some interesting family stories.</p> <p>A few things are certain:</p> <ol><li>Life will never be the same</li> <li>There will be no shortage of material for this blog</li> <li>I better learn to take my own documentary photography, and fast!</li> </ol>http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/8504959020http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/8504959020Fri, 05 Aug 2011 01:03:58 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_loeua2ICgu1qklvklo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>View from my Office</strong></p> <p>If I spin around in my chair and look out my office door window, this is what I see.  My Dad worked at Badger Soft Water for about 30 years.</p> <p><span>Photo <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/">cc by-nc-sa</a></span></p>http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/7678451285http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/7678451285Sat, 16 Jul 2011 00:08:25 -0500mephotobadger soft waterfond du lacdad<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lo9d0c9qW71qklvklo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Digital Manipulation Syndrome</strong></p> <p><span>Photo <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/">cc by-nc-sa</a></span></p>http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/7564820165http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/7564820165Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:07:23 -0500mepeoplephotosilhouettebeachhoneymoonlake michigan<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lo99nzFyzR1qklvklo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Thrown Away</strong></p> <p><span>Photo <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/">cc by-nc-sa</a></span></p>http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/7562735041http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/7562735041Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:55:10 -0500sethpeopleofficedotnetexpendablephoto<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lo7a1oc46T1qklvklo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Pensive Meerkat</strong></p> <p><span>Photo <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/">cc by-nc-sa</a></span></p>http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/7519235130http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/7519235130Mon, 11 Jul 2011 22:08:00 -0500Henry Vilas Zoo Madison meerkat animalia photoHenry Vilas ZooMadisonmeerkatanimaliaphoto<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lo23knp9PE1qklvklo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Aunt Linda, Pregnant</strong></p>http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/7450752523http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/7450752523Sun, 10 Jul 2011 05:00:00 -0500auntfamilylindamepeoplephotopregnant<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lo1yz28ASo1qklvklo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>AwesomeMan</strong></p> <p>Photo <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/">cc by-nc-sa</a></p>http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/7410689945http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/7410689945Sat, 09 Jul 2011 01:21:00 -0500bluesmadison blues picnicmalian blues bandtani diakitepeoplephoto<p><a href="http://jeffblackwell.tumblr.com/post/7355265425">jeffblackwell</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a target="_self" href="http://jefferyblackwell.see.me/onelife2011"> In the “One Life” photography contest. Click to open the page.</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Quotidianalia friend Jeff Blackwell would like your vote.  You can also check out his tumblr.  Automotive enthusiasts shouldn&#8217;t miss it.</p>http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/7392951875http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/7392951875Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:01:12 -0500<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/26043716" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Robin Reed: Puppeteer (10:31)<br/></strong></p> <p>Voice: Robin Reed<br/>Photos: Jeff Blackwell (Thanks!) <a href="http://www.jefferyblackwell.com/">Check out Jeff’s freelance work.</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.jcowles.com/quotidianalia/lcuuc-voices-project/">LCUUC Voices</a></p>http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/7372839820http://quotidianalia.jcowles.com/post/7372839820Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:07:40 -0500LCUUCRobin ReedPuppeteerpuppetJim Hensonstoryphotoaudiovideopeoplepuppetry