I finally beat that nasty bug! Five and one half weeks of coughing and peeing are finally behind me. (sorry for the pun); The bags are disappearing from under my eyes. Three bottles of Mucinex & two big bottles of Robitussin have hit the dust; The chiropractor has worked out the pains in my back and neck after four weeks of adjustments & a ( Read more... )

"You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you do not trust enough." ~ Frank Crane ( Read more... )

"We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered ( Read more... )

There is a little township outside of Chicago called Bellwood. It seems small enough; But it was my whole world when I was little. We lived in a beautiful bungalow built by my great grandfather and my great uncles. They were new to America, coming in on a steamship from Germany. They passed through Ellis Island and boarded a train to Chicago. They ( Read more... )