Hey, it’s good to be back home again.Sometimes this old farm feels like a long lost friend.Yes, and hey, it’s good to be back home again. John Denverrefrain from “Back Home Again November 3, 2016: The Odyssey is finished, and Odysseus has returned to Ithaca. This was not the 10-year journey that Homer wrote of …
ANY TEAM CAN HAVE A BAD CENTURY. Jack Brickhouseformer Chicago Cubs WGN radio announcer It had been a long dry spell, a very, very long dry spell. One hundred and eight years to be exact. One hundred and eight years since the Chicago Cubs last won a World Series. One hundred and eight years of …
When you’re happy you smile.When you’re really happy,your eyes smile. Unknown October 23, 1954: The wedding service was held at a modest wooden church in the country a few miles outside of Chenoa. It was a simple, tasteful ceremony that was attended by friends of the couple and many family members from the area. There …
Something really big happened to us this past weekend — our daughter got married! Our hearts were overflowing with pride, joy, and love as Claire married Kyle. From the moment we met him we could see the sparkle in her eyes and knew that he was special. He’s truly the man of her dreams. I’ve …
It had been over two years since I visited one of my favorite places. The last two years have certainly taken us to many extraordinary destinations: exciting events like balloon festivals, film festivals and other wonderful festivals, visits at the homes of numerous family and friends, historic and hallowed battlefields, and beautiful national parks. But my memories of …
We’ve been in and out of Chicago for the last three weeks to, among other things, attend a couple of showers given for our favorite bride and groom, Claire and Kyle. With the nuptials just seven weeks away and nearly all of the planning and details taken care of, we are all now just enjoying …
Today is Opening Day for the Cubs! Actually the game is this evening, but that’s just getting technical now, isn’t it…? The Cubs are back at Wrigley after a very successful spring training season out in Arizona [we went to opening day out there; see my Spring Training post] and today begins what is going to finally, after …
Monday, April 4th — After another fabulous long weekend in Chicago and lots more celebrating and partying which I’ll write about soon, we are now at Mom’s up here in Appleton where we’ll spend a few days visiting with her and my sister and her family. It’s basketball weekend, and as I write this post …
We are on a tear — ten national park units in nine days! We’ve seen so many wonderful park units on our drive from Salt Lake City to Chicago!! We were very excited to travel through Colorado where we visited the Colorado Monument, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Curecanti National Recreation Area, Old Bent’s …
So many park units… so little time to write about them! Read More »
