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Train trip to the big city.
I’m a bit of a train nut. This time, however, it was Ry’s idea. So we drove over to Homewood to catch the IC. Great memories for me, my mom and I would take the same line downtown to shop at Field’s. That was when the cars were deep green, noisy, one level, hot, and… Continue reading
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Yippee!!! They’re all back in!!!
Elise and I walked the halls of Carl Sandberg HS last night for our middle daughter’s first semester as a freshman. My takeaways…. I sure hope she has a good pair of shoes for getting through that monstrous place and school lockers haven’t changed much. Got me thinking… with all the changes we’ve seen in the… Continue reading
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On Her Way
“If the path before you is clear, you’re probably on someone else’s” C.G. Jung. My #1 is off to college. One more step on her 1000-mile journey into the unknown…. how exciting!!!! And for us? Another milestone, I feel it keenly. The house is just a little quieter. Milestones are funny things. This one, for… Continue reading
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The Comfy Spot
Looks like the idyllic spot for a photo…. but I couldn’t get any of the kids to sit. I think they have been watching too many horror movies. Continue reading
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Danger Time
I’ve mentioned in the past about the Dangerous Playground Tour that I take the kids on. As I travel through some of the small towns in Illinois I run across many interesting things including old playgrounds that still have the equipment I remember from my youth. Many of these playground devices were old when I… Continue reading
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A Family Thing
One of the few times I’m in the photo. My kids are sooooo used to having me photograph them that, if they realize what I’m up to, it usually results in one of a few faces… screwy face, funny face, not again face, or mad face. There are other faces that show up, for sure, but… Continue reading
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I stand still or move slowly, feeling things like the impulse of shapes, the direction of lines, the quality of surfaces. I frame with my eye (sometimes with my hands) as the ground glass would frame. Nothing that one could reasonably call thinking is taking place at this stage. The condition is total absorption; the decision (a picture!) is spontaneous. – Aaron Siskind, 1955