The Other Things The Naperville conversation that lasted a lifetime 28 Sep 20164 Oct 2016 NAPERVILLE, Il. I’m seeing love stories everywhere. Like these two kids. We find them here on the Century Walk as they are making each other’s acquaintance. They are about eight…
Summer We have arrived alive 31 Aug 200811 May 2009 Let me give you some numbers: a) 21 b) 2 c) 1,693 d) 11,345 a) Number of hours between leaving Tomah, Wis., and arriving home. b) Number of hours I…
Summer Trapped beneath Chicago’s Millennium Park 30 Aug 200820 Jun 2014 Chicago’s Millennium Park: We visited two cool fountains (one the biggest I’ve seen, and ancient; the other the tallest I’ve seen, and pink glass), a giant mirrored jellybean, the fnunky…
Summer As far as Wisconsin 11 Aug 200811 May 2009 “The speed limit is 50 miles per hour,” Melani tells me as we take the fork toward Madison, Wis. “They went to the trouble of putting it right on the sign,…
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