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On My Mind – Village Farmer’s Market – 9/19/2024
As I continue to write, I suspect you’ll see plenty of posts about our Village – I do truly consider it to be a special place. Thursday is always fun because it’s Farmer’s Market Day. The Market is sponsored by … Continue reading
On My Mind – Silly Dog – 9/18/2024
Does this one even need any text? I’m going with nope! Cheers
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On My Mind – Afternoon Delight – 9/18/2024
My wife loves her hummingbirds. She tracks their migration every year, starting around February, so that she knows when to put the feeders out. Domino Sugar becomes a line item in the household budget over the course of the summer … Continue reading
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On The Screen – The Rings of Power – 9/17/2024
I have to start by saying that there’s nothing terribly wrong with “The Rings of Power” – it’s a decent show – and that’s likely the problem. LoTR has always been very special to me – one of those works … Continue reading
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On My Mind & The Games I Play – Legendary Coffee Mug – 9/17/2024
My coffee tastes better in this mug. It doesn’t make sense – I just know it’s true. Maybe it subconsciously connects me to all those hours I put into World of Warcraft – the game I likely have more hours … Continue reading
On The Screen – Penny Dreadful Redux – 9/16/2024
One final post and then I’m off to a Village Meeting – I finished S1 of Penny Dreadful this morning at around 12:30 AM. It DID NOT disappoint! If you haven’t taken a look – highly recommend. On to S2.
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On The Shelf – Is It Just Me? – 9/16/2044
FINALLY…a post about books – or at least a book adjacent post – and it comes with a question at the end. (Please pardon my gratuitous use of a photo from The Morgan Library & Musuem in New York – … Continue reading
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On My Mind – The Village, The Dog, The Lake and The Birds – 9/16/2024
In my last post, I mentioned that I LOVE Chicagoland – not just Chicago proper but all the towns and villages that surround it. A big part of that love is rooted in the affection I have for our little … Continue reading
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On My Mind – Yes Chef! A Bear-Inspired Food Tour – 9/15/2024
I’ll start with this – I LOVE Chicagoland (the term we use to capture the city proper as well as the outlying areas) – and no who knows me really well would have ever expected me to say something like … Continue reading
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On The Screen – Penny Dreadful – 9/15/2024
I always seem to be late to the party with new streaming content and Penny Dreadful is no exception. I saw an article yesterday about the 3rd season of this show and how they’d successfully transitioned from Victorian England to … Continue reading
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