It was as if the angels were waging a snowball fight with a great swath of northwest Illinois. We were sitting in a restaurant at dinner when the fight began. On our drive to Rockford to meet up with my brothers, the temperature was warm enough that a light, intermittent…
Things were going quite well, I must say, on the indoor project lined up for the day. Needed to tear out a room of carpet—a relatively small bedroom—and replace it with some vinyl plank flooring. Fortunately the carpet wasn’t glued down, so cutting it into strips, rolling it up, same…
As a gift for my wife, I gave her a getaway trip to the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago to see the “Christmas Around the World” display. It’s quite a display! More than three dozen trees are decorated according to a national theme. Below each tree, a placard…
As a Christmas gift this year, my wife, Chris, gave me the book Two Miles an Hour for down-time pleasure reading. Someday I may do a book review on it, but a few of the author’s experiences struck me, particularly since I’ve been thinking about the year ahead with its potential…
