Today had an unexpected start. Just after 4:30 this morning, much of the midwest (but especially my little corner of it) was shaken by a 5.2 magnitude earthquake. That may be no big deal for Californians, but in Illinois, we don’t get too many earthquakes. This one was strong enough to wake us up and […]

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April is National Poetry Month. I learned that yesterday, so while I was thumbing through some old anthologies from college, I pulled out a particularly nice poem to share.
The Road Not Taken
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as […]

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The first day of spring was lovely, but surprisingly windy, and gave me hope that the weather was finally catching on. Alas, it was not. I even saw a tiny bit of freezing rain on my way to lunch today. Not cool, spring. In better news, spring began with an unexpected package from Stampin’ Up. […]

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