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Last night Maggie’s play with the Hyde Park Community Players opened.  She did great!  A couple of days ago our neighborhood newspaper had an article about the play and it included a photo of Maggie (“the fool”) and another actor (“the blind man”) at one of their rehearsals.  Click on the photos for the full [...]

Maggie and I spent a couple of hours at the Morton Arboretum last weekend wading through the snow and exploring the Xanadu exhibit by Patrick Dougherty.

We’ve decided our new kitten’s name is Gabriella. Or maybe, Gabriela. One “l” would be Spanish while two is Italian. How do we know?
Last night Maggie’s friend Rachel came over and they came close to finishing up their mosaic picture frames they’ve been working on for a while. They’ve done a [...]

Well it woke me up
In the middle of the night,
The sound of suffering
The sound of a fight
 
The storms come and go
Pounding hard like stones
Another tear falls down
And another world gets tossed around
 
Pockets empty,
With families plenty
Babies crying
And momma, she’s dying
 
Real life says,
The children must be fed
But this land is scarce
And life is getting fierce
 
Chorus:
What do you [...]

Maggie and I drove into Chicago for the afternoon on Saturday. We split some appetizers for lunch at Heaven on Seven before braving the crowds on Michigan Avenue.

Before we drove home, we walked to lower Grant Park to check out the new Agora exhibit by Magdalena Abakanowicz. As you can see [...]

It felt good to be done with my latest preaching assignment on Sunday. I really enjoy preaching and the preparation that comes along with it- but the past two topics (poverty and justice) definitely ran my emotional tank dry.
I had a bit of a break on Friday afternoon when I went into the city [...]