Scene from a side road

Snow and potholes

2008-04-14T16:08:28Z

It is indeed feeling like Spring here now, with little shoots coming through the dirt. So I guess we are past having more snow. But there were 22 times that local streets needed to be plowed between November and February, in comparison with the "...

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Celebrating Easter

2008-03-24T08:02:31Z

I guess the more important thing about celebrating Easter to me is not going to church (I didn't, myself) but being together with family. We were. It didn't seem much like Easter because there is so much snow here in Chicago! I guess that ...

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On the day before Easter

2008-03-23T01:32:39Z

We got some snow here last night: This photo was taken (with my iPhone) at the Chicago Botanic Garden. It was pretty outside, but at the same time, we are very tired of the winter weather! I read a review recently that was a bit critical of...

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The Politics of Snow Shoveling

2008-02-26T15:03:05Z

We have snow again here in Chicago, several inches, as part of a record-setting winter. And that event (and going out to dig out from it) reminds me of a story about snow shoveling and plowing I have been thinking about throughout this winter se...

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Winter at the Chicago Botanic Garden

2007-12-23T15:03:28Z

On a recent visit we walked around in the heated greenhouses--about 80 degrees there. I guess I am missing a chance to be in a warm clime. But there also was a dog show (the "reindog parade") outside. And there is a great exhibit of...

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From Chicago to Yellowstone

2007-09-06T04:30:00Z

US 14 starts in Chicago and goes directly to Yellowstone National Park. We drove west on it in for most of the distance, avoiding interstates 90 and 94 which follow roughly parallel routes, as much as we could. Then we took an alternate route...

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Our Route 66 travel plan

2006-09-04T12:26:00Z

It isn't long until we will hit the road! The total distance from Chicago to Santa Monica is about 2280 miles. The half way point is Adrian TX (near Armarilo). We certainly hope to get at least that far. The precise distance depends on the ex...

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