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Homespun Handcraft by Ella Shannon Bowles (Part One.)
The book! Scanned by me. I found a gem today. There’s a neat bookstore called Selected Works in the Fine Arts Building on Michigan Avenue, halfway between home and school. (I’ll talk more about the...
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Women Smiling.
Woman, c. 1982. Photo: Wikipedia. Walking through and around the Chicago Loop and its immediate vicinity makes me feel connected and strong. I want to walk here for a long time. I see many beautiful...
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The Day I Bought My Hat.
This isn’t my hat, but it’s pretty darn close. Montecristi hat, Optimo. Image: Wikipedia. Today, I bought a proper hat. I’ve been thinking about buying a proper hat for some time, now, and today was...
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Mama, Little Boy, and Squinchy Eye.
Mother and bairn. Image: Wikipedia. An author I admire a lot once said, “The best thoughts are conceived while walking.” Ain’t that just the way? It’s certainly an encouragement to go for a stroll....
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The Fisher Building.
La Fisher… Be still my beating heart. Image: Wikipedia. Remember when I moved 50,281 times in two years? Fine. I moved five times. It felt like many thousand more times. And hey, remember back in...
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Coffee & Donuts
One country, under fried dough. Image: Wikipedia. My heart was tugged hard today, walking up Wabash Avenue. There’s a Dunkin Donuts-cum-Baskin Robbins on the corner of Wabash and Polk, here in...
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What It’s Like to Live in a Condo
Teddy. Image: Wikipedia, who else? That picture of a teddy bear has nothing to do with this post. It’s just that there’s pretty much one decent picture of a condominium on Wikipedia and I used it the...
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Interview with My Brother-in-Law Jack C. Newell, Director of Real-Life,...
A still shot from Jack C. Newell’s feature-length documentary, “42 Grams.” Image courtesy Zaxie Films. Remember Quilty? Like, original, vintage Quilty? Good times, my friends. Jack C. Newell, my...
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New View, Real Bad
I like those windows. With a few changes, this room could work. Image: Wikipedia. Do you ever have so much work to do, so many bills to pay, so many errands to run, so many people to get in touch...
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Chicago: It’s Not That Cold (Unless It Is)
Chicaaaaaaago. With ice. Image: Wikipedia. When I am not in my fair city of Chicago and tell someone that I live in the fair city of Chicago, they always say one or more of the following things: “I...
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