Illinois Earthquake
Just learned via Kellie on Twitter that there was an earthquake in Illinois. I hadn’t heard. Called Mom. She didn’t feel it in Elgin.
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Fallen Cross
This cross was in a small burial ground near our second cottage. Clare saw the beauty in the fallen cross and snapped a photo. A larger image can be found on Flickr.
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In which we visit Rivendell
Jill and Gordon are two of my favorite people. Although technically my mom’s friends, I think of them as my own friends as well. I used to babysit for Jill’s kids, when I was in high school and...
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Up North: the series ::Kitsch & Scenery:: Wisconsin Dells
A series about Wisconsin is not complete without a post about Wisconsin Dells. On our excursions to Chetek I vividly remember seeing signs, possibly starting south of Beloit, declaring the wonders of...
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New Beginnings
Dad in the Navy If I look at as a new phase of many new phases in one life, it doesn’t really seem so bad. It doesn’t seem like an ending, but a new beginning. About two-and-a-half weeks ago I drove to...
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Smithville, MS
Piggly Wiggly (photo courtesy of Corey Smith of Smithville) Hardware store hit twice in less than two weeks time. (photo courtesy of Corey Smith of Smithville) My Aunt Ginny and Uncle Jack live a quiet...
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Donna’s Diner
Elyria Occasionally my husband obsesses about one thing or another, usually involving food. Not really in a bad way — just in a slightly annoying way. Once it was about eating at a supper club near...
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Feeling the love
Andrew — the star of the weekend Last weekend we (Dean, his sister Diane, and I) visited Andrew in Oberlin, Ohio for Oberlin College’s Family Weekend. Diane joined us because we told her how much fun...
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The Inn at Mallard Cove
Because Dean had a meeting in Seattle earlier this month and I had some vacation time left, we decided to spend some time with Clare who recently moved to Olympia, Washington. We knew it would not make...
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Found (in Oberlin): The Place Where the Sidewalk Ends
We spent Memorial Day weekend in Oberlin for Andrew’s Graduation (more on that later) and much of the time was down-time as we waited for Andrew to do this or that. Sometimes we simply rested on the...
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Where’s the coffee? Where’s the pie?
In 1990, back when I still read newspapers. Back before kids, I read an article about a new television series in the April 30 Washington Post. I trusted Tom Shales, the journalist who wrote the article...
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Some Chetek photos
My grandmother would have loved Instagram. She liked to document everything, even the most mundane things. Here are a few shots around the cabin in Chetek. The captions indicate what she wrote on the...
View ArticleLetter to my parents and brother from me: August 1981
Dear Mom, Dad and Kevin, So this is the second letter I’ve written. Letter #1 is stale (and besides, I’ve already told you everything that’s in it) [1]. Like I said on the phone — the apartment...
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