I think I've posted too much on here that's personal, so I might start making much of it private. I went down that path hoping that someone would want to know me better and no one else would be interested enough to be reading those posts anyway.

Statue of Liberty: Lake Mendota, Madison, Wisconsin, February 2, 2019

Photo taken from the University of Wisconsin Memorial Union Terrace

History of Madison's Statue of Liberty https://news.wisc.edu/history-of-lady-liberty-on-lake-mendota/

The only times that I've walked out on the ice is during an official event like this when experts check the safety. To the right of this was an ice fishing shack. 

a song

"Far Off, Close By" (1968) by Willis Conover and Alec Wilder:

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/wilderworld/episodes/2006-12-16T22_55_54-08_00 (2 min 15 sec)

I first heard this song in China while listening to a VOA special on Willis Conover.