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Announcement! I’m Going To School For Writing.
The first half of the acceptance letter; the second half told me how much money I needed to give them to secure my spot for enrollment. (Letter: SAIC, scan: Me) I’ve written and rewritten this post...
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True Confessions of a Real Estate Dropout.
Unique advertisement for real estate “near Puerto Rico” c. 1973. Photo: Wikipedia. True confession: I put my condo up for sale.I didn’t tell you. But it’s not for sale anymore. When I came back in...
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“Pain” Is the Root Word of “Paint.”
Old, old, old can of paint. Image: Wikipedia. Every time. Every time I want a wall in my dwelling place to be a different color, it’s the same conversation — and I’ve lived in lots of places and...
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Storm vs. City!
A summer rainstorm in Manchester because Wikipedia didn’t have any good Chicago rainstorm pictures. Photo: Good ol’ Wikipedia. The most hilarious thing happened about an hour ago. The radio people said...
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Taxi Driver Wisdom No. 3927101
Taxis. Photo: Wikipedia. There is something known to city dwellers — really anyone who has taken more than a dozen or so cabs — as “taxi driver wisdom.” Taxi driver wisdom is anything profound or...
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Lollapa-eeewwww-za.
This is what’s happening in my backyard for the next four days. Photo: Ralf Lotys via Wikipedia. If you live in Chicago’s South Loop, the last weekend in July is a good time to go visit Uncle Dan and...
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Consider The Lolla.
I smell funny cigarettes. Photo: Phil G. via Wikipedia. As I walked through the Lollapalooza throngs today – remember, there are tens of thousands of extra people in town for this – I wanted to swing...
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I’m An Illinois Roads Scholar! (Topic: Quilts In America, Of Course)
Image: Illinois Humanities Council and me adding text. You know how yesterday I talked about having a Big, Fat, Grand Plan for contributing to the world of quilting in a bigger way, if the world will...
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Culture Spaghetti.
Filed in WikiCommons under “Confusion.” Image: Wikipedia. Today was a “Guess what happened to me on the train today” day. Citydwellers know what I’m talking about. I got on the Red Line train around...
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The People Next Door.
Newspaper ad for the 1917 propaganda film, “Who’s Your Neighbor.” When you’re done here, google it: pretty interesting stuff! Image: Wikipedia. While I was away last year, singing in the pool at my...
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Joy Town: Where I Was When The Cubs Won In ’16.
Cookies at The Goddess & Baker yesterday, near SAIC in the Loop. Photo: Me, with crumbs on my face. All day long, I’ve been old. Because all day long I’ve been thinking that when I’m an old lady...
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A View From The Infield! It’s Cubbies Day!
Really lovely pandemonium. Photo: Me. I’m watching the blue tide that continues to roll through downtown Chicago. My perch: The second floor of the Sharp Building, prime School of the Art Institute...
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Who Is Leaving Chalk At the Harrison Red Line Stop — And Why?
I’ll get more pictures. You can’t see it as well from this distance but I wanted to show you how much there is on any given day. Maybe I should start an Instagram account just for this! Photo and...
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Neighbors.
Homeless man, Bowery St., NYC, 1942. Photo: Wikipedia. My building takes up a quarter of a city block and has two different entrances. The front door is manned by a doorman; the back way puts you out...
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Too Much Light Is Dead: Long Live The Neo-Futurists, Part I.
Jumping for numbers in Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind. I think that’s Kurt. Hi, Kurt! Photo: Neo-Futurists. Many people who read the ol’ PG started coming around because we share an interest...
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Too Much Light Is Dead: Long Live The Neo-Futurists, Part II.
Ensemble photograph of the Neo-Futurists c. 2009. That’s me in the scarf — and Greg in green.) Photo: Andrew Collings Photography, Inc. If you didn’t read yesterday’s post, definitely catch up first....
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PaperGirl Has a Post-Office Box!!!
Actual application (p. 3) and actual address! Please send all kinds of wonderful things. Photo: Pendennis. Today is a great day! I’m writing to you from inside the grand, achingly beautiful...
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That Time I Ate Calf’s Head Soup. (Thanks, Python.)
Advertisement from a magazine published in 1892 that I think was called “The Century” but the Wiki entry is kind of confusing. Image: Wikipedia. Heaven knows why I remembered this the other day but...
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Let’s Hang Out At Spring Quilt Festival! (Chicago!)
Quilt top by Frances M. Jolly, c. 1839. Image: National Museum of American History. First, some business: Thank you for being my friends. You really are my friends and… Well, I love you. I truly do....
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A Girl Can Dream: A One-Week Morning Walk Promise.
Chicago’s Wabash Avenue as seen from Washington Street. Photo by John Carbutt (1832-1905.) Image: Wikipedia. Yesterday, I drove almost to the Iowa border to give a lecture for a lovely audience in...
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