The stereotypical Thanksgiving celebration in America involves people—a lot of people. That’s why Thanksgiving weekend is the busiest travel season of the year—even more so than Christmas! So the vintage scene includes a large table overflowing with food with people seated all around. Through the years, many of our Thanksgiving…
A football fanatic I am not, but like most boys growing up in the ‘60s, I easily gravitated to the sport. On many a fall afternoon after school as well as on Saturdays, my brothers and I gathered other kids in the neighborhood for a rousing game of football. We…
I live in river country. A few blocks from our house flows the Rock River, coming down from the north and emptying into the Mississippi River about 40 miles away. My wife and I frequently walk a path that looks over the Rock. If we head the other direction, the…
The idea came eleven years ago, and—believe it or not—it didn’t come from me! In the middle of August 2012, my wife and I had a short overnight getaway in Chicago to celebrate our 32nd anniversary. The weather forecast was ideal, so we took our bikes to ride along the…
