With Strings Attached

  Wednesday's guild meeting was the annual ice cream social and the 2026 mystery quilt reveal.  A guild member designed  Big Bang.   Min...

  Monday:   Prickly pear cactus are in bloom at Illinois Beach State Park. Each petal is tipped with a sharp spine.  They like the sandy soi...

Wildflowers at Pine Dunes (Saturday) and Ethel's Woods (Sunday).  Top: monarda (bee balm), purple coneflower, pickerel weed. Center: com...

  Yes, it's hot!  I'm grateful for central air conditioning and my basement studio these days.  I've taken early morning walks e...

  The quilts were prominently displayed at the convention center.  Connie and I started the ALA Biblioquilters when we met at the ALA confer...

In 1876 103 librarians (90 men and 13 women) met in Philadelphia and, on October 6, founded the American Library Association.  Of course the...

I turned 74 at 3:47 a.m. Tuesday.     I appreciated all the good wishes from Facebook friends. I indulged in a little retail therapy and a s...

  Welcome summer!  I was up really early on Sunday and caught the solstice sunrise over Lake Michigan.   In the afternoon I took a nap, rath...