Is This Something? - TIMOTHY MONGER

Monday, October 12 – Friday, October 16 I set up two mics and cut a quick acoustic demo of a song I've been playing live for over a year.

Monday, October 5 From halfway up the block, a slender stream runs down Forest Avenue.

Monday, September 28 Tossing and turning in the predawn hush, I vow to manufacture at least one spontaneous moment in the day ahead.

Monday, September 21 "I'm turning on the heat!"

In the summer of 2021, I swam in all five of the Great Lakes.

Monday, September 7 A musician I know is unloading a bunch of gear.

Monday, August 31 Fall semester begins.

Monday, August 24 My evening bike ride into Ann Arbor passes through three different college campuses, including my own.

Monday, August 17 The Depot Town parking lot next to Frog Island is finally being resurfaced, a development decades overdue.

Monday, August 10 The strobe flicker of pre-dawn lightning tattoos the bedroom wall.

Monday, August 3 At the southeastern corner of Whitefish Bay, Lake Superior drains its bulk into the St.

Some weeks it’s like this… Monday, July 27 (Crickets) Tuesday, July 28 I'm just not feeling Weeknotes this week.

Monday, July 20 Five years ago today, I moved to Ypsilanti, Michigan.

Monday, July 13 Another heat wave arrives, as if reporting for its week-long residency.

Monday, July 6 The downtown library is crowded with other refugees charging devices and working on laptops.

Monday, June 22 – Friday, June 26 Last Saturday, after not very much deliberation, I bought yet another tent, a nice one with enough room for my cot.

Monday, June 15 I help my parents shore up some wobbly fence posts in their garden and return home with a broken bird bath and six large moss-covered flagstones for my own garden.

Monday, June 8 I waited too long to start my run.

Monday, June 1 Light rain falls on the crew resurfacing South Elm Street.

Monday, May 25 It's Memorial Day, the symbolic launch of American summertime.

My attention has been focused elsewhere this week, and what writing I’ve done feels lackluster.

Monday, May 11 I lie down on the grass next to Islay, whose dark fur stores the sun's heat like a solar mat.

Monday, May 4 Winter semester ends after my morning class.

Monday, April 27 The New Pornographers are playing El Club in Detroit.

Monday, April 20 For the second year in a row, Kenyan runners Sharon Lokedi and John Korir win their divisions at the Boston Marathon.

Monday, April 13 An early spring balm has seeped into the room.