Crossing Lake Michigan on the SS Badger Ferry
Turns out my one day of pure R&R this summer was spent crossing Lake Michigan on the SS Badger Ferry (our trip to New Orleans wasn't exactly R&R). Assembling this [...]
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Aug, 2018
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Mar, 2018
To the Lighthouse
How can a public place can be so personal? How can I be so attached to a place I don't own, maintain, nor have a say in its very existence? [...]
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Sep, 2016
August Was…
{August Break 8/31: August was...} ...long! And not as peaceful as this photo, taken from the Rogers Park beach pier on the northside of Chicago. But there were peaceful moments, [...]
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Jun, 2015
My Recipe for a Perfect Porch Day in Bella Grace Magazine
You might remember my blog post from last summer, Recipe for a Perfect Day on the Porch. Well, I'm happy to announce that it made it into the summer issue [...]
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Sep, 2013
Summer’s Grand Finale
Every Wednesday and Saturday night, from Memorial Day to Labor Day, the City of Chicago shoots fireworks off a barge by Navy Pier. I usually manage to go to see [...]
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Jul, 2013
A Neighborhood Parade
These guys actually bring up the rear of the 4th of July Parade in Hyde Park, Chicago, but what could be more American than a bunch of cowboys, albeit [...]
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Jun, 2013
Solstice Fires
Sunset as seen from the Geisberg near Salzburg, June 21, 2005 While I am here at the Kenyon Writers Workshop where the sun shines with abandon, I am reminded that [...]
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Apr, 2013
@ the Kenyon Writers Workshop
Just a quick note to share that I will be a fellow at the Kenyon Writers Workshop this summer (June 15-22), which means I will get to assist the wonderful [...]
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Aug, 2012
Photo Essay: At the County Fair
Boy in a Bubble - my youngest was the only one in the right weight class to go walking on water. Going to the Porter County Fair in Valparaiso, Indiana, [...]
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Jul, 2012
Tornado Trees
Our property out in the country of northwestern Indiana got hit by a tornado last weekend. Thankfully, none of the buildings were damaged, but as we walked around earlier this [...]
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Jul, 2012
Happy 4th of July!
Happy Independence Day! I've been a bit quiet on this blog these past few days as my husband and I have this one week when all three kids are away [...]
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Jan, 2012
Guest Blog by Cliff Garstang: Artist Residencies – Virginia? Nebraska? Or France?
As part of my series on artist residencies, I am happy to welcome Cliff Garstang, editor of Prime Number Magazine and a fellow Queens MFA alum, who will share some of his [...]
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Sep, 2011
Photo Essay: End of Summer
Does anything say "end of summer" better than an overturned lifeguard chair? Yesterday was the official end of summer, according to the calendar. Some mornings I drive my kids to [...]
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Sep, 2011
Photo Essay: Indiana Beach
Who wouldn't fall in love with sights like these quirky saucerspouring into each other? Amusement parks are closing as the season ends, and so I'm thinking, wistfully, of our trip to [...]
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Sep, 2011
Having a Summer
Labor Day marks the "official" end of summer, and thus it's time to ask whether one has made the most of the season of heat, beach and long, supposedly lazy [...]
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Jun, 2011
Writing Exercise: Smells of Summer
Today is the first day of summer, so I was thinking of all the smells that mean summer to me. Smell is purportedly the sense that brings back memories the fastest, [...]
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Jun, 2011
What Goethe and Packing the Kids off to Summer Camp Have in Common
Goethe's parental home in Frankfurt, Germany. I’m in the midst of packing three kids off to summer camp as I am sure many other parents are as well. Every year [...]
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