Last entry for our trip home.  We got up this morning to the sun shining in the windows.  Every step takes us further from Memphis and the Blues.  So the drive from St. Louis area to McHenry was uneventful.  We ran into snow along the way, but nothing on the road. We made it home […]

It is a sad day.  We awoke in our share cropper’s cabin  to a sunny day.  However, this was the day that we are leaving Clarksdale and the Delta to return home to Illinois.  You should be able to hear the loud wailing and mourning at this point. We cleaned up the cabin, packed the car, […]

Another great day in Memphis.  What a trip this has turned out to be.  One of us slept in yesterday while the other one was writing her blog entry.  You know how I mean.  I guess it gets harder to rejuvenate after a night on Beale Street. We are beginning to see how connected Chicago […]

Yesterday, we woke up to clear skies after the big tornado and thunderstorms of the night before.  High was going to be 59 with a light wind.  Just right for hiking through the concrete canyons.  We hit the streets and rounded the corner to this little shotgun restaurant that I had stopped by the night […]

And the saga continues.  We had an uneventful drive down to Memphis yesterday morning.  Not much traffic on a Sunday morning.  I so wanted to stop in New Madrid and see the earthquake zone and museum.  Just probably not open at 10:30 on a Sunday.  So we continued down Interstate 55.  Maybe on the return. […]

We were talking a couple of weeks ago and found out that we both had vacation days left that we would lose at the end of January.  We always say we should go somewhere, but we never do.  Now that Rick will be 18 in 6 weeks, seemed like a good opportunity.  Rick could stay […]

For a winter day, today wasn’t too bad. The temp got up to 30 at least, if not more.  The wind was relatively calm.  My weather station didn’t record anything too major.  Sascha must have thought so too.  She preferred outside today. In the late morning, I put Sascha out.  She was sitting in her […]

With any animal, you find your life is a little more interesting.  Our dog, Sascha, is no exception to that rule.  She always comes up with something that surprises me, makes me laugh, or just downright astounds me. Today was another snow day for us.  The snow from yesterday continued on through the night and […]

Winter has finally come to Chicago.  Today was our first real snow day.  Up until now, they had registered only 1.9 inches at O’Hare.  Our typical for this time of year is around 12 inches.  Needless to say, it was nice.  I’m not a snow fan and the cold really gets to me.  We had […]

OK, so getting back to Sascha.  She has continued to have lots of company this week.  I worked at home all week. I still had my sinus condition this week.  To promote goodwill in the office, I chose to work at home and not subject those poor people to my coughing, snuffling, and hoarse voice.  […]