With Strings Attached

  Happy birthday to me!  I look forward to a *prime* year.   I caught the sunrise (5:17) at the marina this morning.  I stuck my toes in the...

  On Wednesday the Zion Woman's Club (Kathy, Jeanne, and I) staffed the t-shirt sales table at Camp I Am Me.  The Illinois Fire Safety A...

  On Monday I drove 75 miles west to Rockford for an overdue (get the library joke?) visit to my long-time friend Lynn. She's the execut...

  I joined the nationwide protest marches in spirit only.  I fulfilled a prior commitment to staff the Rotary booth at the Zion Juneteenth c...

  It was so nice to have lunch with Pat yesterday.   She lives in a senior residence in a suburb 60 miles away and no longer drives.  I will...

Sunshine and somewhat warmer temps were conducive to good walks on Monday and Tuesday.   This is looking west from Spring Bluff Forest Prese...

  Friday's walk at the state park:  lupine, daisy fleabane, coreopsis, blue flag iris (native), hybrid iris (I look for it every year), ...

  Carol Wilhoit was the speaker at the guild meeting Wednesday.  Her program spoke right to my scrappy heart.    She mentioned "our...

I had a delightful day Monday with my sister and our first cousin Karen who was visiting from Los Angeles.    Though our mother and her fath...