by jlo | Aug 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
Before we moved away from the Chicago area, I loved going to Ravinia Park each summer. Long the summer home of the world-class Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Ravinia hosts music of nearly all genres, from classical to jazz to pop. Even when seating was available on the...
by jlo | Aug 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
I love this stuff. I’ve tried plenty of newer and more expensive cleansers and I keep coming back to my old favorite. Why? Because nothing else is as kind to my sensitive, rosacea-prone, breakout-prone, rash-prone, temper-tantrum-prone skin as good old...
by jlo | Aug 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
“If you ever start feeling like you have the goofiest, craziest, most dysfunctional family in the world, all you have to do is go to a state fair. Because five minutes at the fair, you’ll be going, ‘you know, we’re alright. We are dang near...
by jlo | Aug 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
I interrupt this incredibly overdue blog (sorry about that–I have a whole slew of August posts in various stages of, um, shameful unreadiness) to pass along a notice from a reader. Some of you might recall my earlier post/rant/heated display of righteous...
by jlo | Aug 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
Turning once again to my trusty Book of the Camp Fire Girls, circa 1913, I find instructions for a Bird Hunt Breakfast. This little jaunt will get you out in nature and help you learn something about our feathered friends: The writer starts out on a note of sympathy....