A picture is a poem without words. ~Horace To me, words have always been how I paint a picture, perhaps because of my inability to pain or draw in spite of my desire to do so. For that very reason, I admire those who can and am thankful to know some very talented artists that […]

Early morning view from Navy Pier

It’s baby steps but it’s coming along… Until then, follow:          

    My puppy is extremely clingy. There are days when I WISH she’d hide in some corner, quietly destroying a shoe just so I’d have some breathing room…

  As I was coming back into my entry way this morning after walking Lola, this is what I saw and it made me smile. I felt like I was in the middle of some spooky, fall, storybook drawing.

There are lessons to be learned from our pets. One I’m learning from Lola is to stop and smell the roses everything.

When I was young, my dreams for my Barbie never included a wedding. I dreamed of the car, more outfits, cute hairdos, and of course, the playhouse. But if I ever did dream of a Barbie and Ken wedding, it might look like this. Via Glamour.com “Super-talented—and super-creative!—photographer Beatrice de Guigne masterminded this ingenious photo shoot then […]

Introducing Lola. She’s 5 1/2 months and I’ve had her for three weeks now. I never really wanted to be a dog owner but in recent months I became more open to the idea. Her previous owners were a divorced couple who were fighting for the other to take custody. I couldn’t bear the thought […]

I’ve loved the Chicago Cubs since I was 15. Win or lose–and as a Cubs fan there’s no denying they lose–there’s no team like them. It has been three long years since I was at Wrigley and the return was like coming home.