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It’s beginning to look a lot like toeshoes

Today we are at O’Hare airport for the third time in a week, part of the well-oiled 9591 Iris family pickup and delivery service.  Holiday decorations have been going up at the airport for a while now, and at the … Continue reading

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Rushing to Thanksgiving

Tomorrow is about giving thanks, but today is about rushing to the place where you can do that. Here we all are, dashing about in turmoil, our thoughts on the future. Maybe you are in transit right now. Maybe everyone … Continue reading

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Panic button Monday’s Disney princesses ask: excuse me, have you seen our girl?

Every time I push the panic button, this shows up.

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Rather than housework

I don’t know why we thought it would be cold and rainy.  This morning turned out to be beautiful.  Instead of doing 10,000 things around the house to prep for Thanksgiving, we threw on our coats and went down to … Continue reading

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An evening at O’Hare

This evening we went out to O’Hare Airport to pick up my sister, who was coming back from a really swell vacation in the Northwest. O’Hare on a Saturday night is fairly bipolar: at once a bright, effective, ordinary machine … Continue reading

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So Chicago to me

9591 iris has favorite places, and this is one of the most favorite: Federal Plaza in Chicago.  This picture was taken from an office on the second floor of the Marquette Building. To the left is the Everett Dirksen Courthouse; … Continue reading

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Panic Button Monday is just a pawn in your game

Every time I push the panic button, this shows up.

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Roll up the sleeves

Sometimes to build something better, or fix what’s been broken, you need to go through ugliness. You may get frustrated.  There will be setbacks, anxiety, weariness.  And no rehab ever works right unless you get your own hands on it. … Continue reading

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We The People

Danh Vo’s  sculpture project We The People aims to reproduce the Statue of Liberty, as it was originally created – at full scale, in huge, thin, fragile copper fragments.  A few of these massive sections are at the Art Institute … Continue reading

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Panic Button Monday says you know what to do

Every time I push the panic button, this shows up.

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