Memorial Day
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WHAT DAY IS IT?! Memorial Day is like the Wednesday of seasons. Halfway between School ending and Summer beginning. Some have completed the school year. Others are eagerly counting down the days–of which this one delays the finality. But the end is near…and soon, summer will commence. It’s a gorgeous, warm, sunny day here in
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We heard the parade this morning as it marched by a couple of blocks from our house. I used to LOVE a parade. I haven’t been in many, many years. We decided to leash up the dogs and head over…unfortunately, by the time we got there, it had passed. We lamented about how close it
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Memorial Day weekend is traditionally the unofficial kick-off to summer. True summer doesn’t grace us until June 21, but historically it’s plenty warm enough in Northern Illinois for pools to open the last weekend of May! Just last Thursday I grabbed the collection of coats that had accumulated in the backseat of my car over
MARY LAMPHERE AUTHOR 