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  • Autumn's Joys

    October 25, 2009

    • Looking out our living room windows beneath the overhanging white clouds in the pale blue sky and past the green lawn, past the lake, past the fields, and on to the encircling line of trees, we are surrounded by soft yellows, muted oranges, and gentle browns of autumnal leaves.  This has been one of those perfect days here in Southern Illinois.  Warm sunshine mixed with a gentle breeze made me ...
  • Thawing and Freezing

    February 1, 2009

    • The ice here thawed enough I could drive to town yesterday morning for my weekly hair appointment.  I ran by my daughter’s, but she was asleep and never knew I had visited.  In the afternoon, Gerald and I went over to Southern Illinois University Carbondale to watch his friend Steve Soldner’s daughter Regan play basketball with Missouri State against the Salukis.  Steve sells Peterbilts ...