Another marginal phone pic, but that what’s we got. All three grandchildren in our hotel room with wet hair after the pool. Ellie, 11, the...

  …stick of butter. We’re up here in Michigan with our son, Andy, his wife, Claire, and all three of our grandchildren. St. Louisan Ellie an...

  A place we know all too well, O’Hare Airport in Chicago. We used to come here regularly when both of our children were at the University o...

  A decaying picnic shelter overlooking Lake Mattheissen, Illinois, that we saw yesterday. The structure has a beautiful view, particularly ...

  We did a brief road trip the weekend before last to visit an old college friend and his wife. They live in Ottawa, Illinois, about a four ...

  Big wind-up to the walk through Garden Glow at our botanical garden. The view is looking back across the central axis reflecting pool towa...

Year after year, when I walk past this tree at Garden Glow, I feel as if long arms with sharp fingers could reach down and clutch me. It is ...