I'm not much of a beach person or a swimmer, but I like summer; and I love what summer brings: conversations in the shade, wine on the patio, warm nights with music playing softly.

In Chicago, the days can be sweltering, but sometimes we get lucky. Sometimes we get summer days that are bright and comfortable, the kind of golden-hued days I remember ( Read more... )

It feels like we have only had a few days of summer in Chicago so far, and yet with the Solstice on June 21st, the hours of daylight have already begun to decrease as we move slowly toward Fall.

The kids are out of school. We've been on one camping trip with friends and family, and there's more travel in the works. The rest of the summer is mostly ( Read more... )

It was a summer of exploring wild plants in the garden, standing like statues to make perches for butterflies, playing in forts and tents, rollerskating and bike-riding, dressing in capes and masks to bring superheroes to the neighborhood, riding the train downtown in a sea of grown-ups, swimming in pools as mermaids and sea creatures, burning old ( Read more... )

So many updates, so here they are abbreviated in lieu of a proper post that may never come.

The summer is nearly over, and while I'm not a summer person I do enjoy the freedom from schedules and routines afforded by kids on summer break. I still sometimes feel as if I'm grasping at the wind while is rushes by. Only a few weeks until they go back, ( Read more... )

I should know better than to write that I will update my blog more regularly ( Read more... )