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the good and bad of august

August 15th, 2011
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August has always been a strange month for me. When I was younger, August marked the end of summer. A time when school was going to start back up and summer fun was going to come to a screeching halt. As I got older it still mark an end, but in much more real ways. [...]

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2 good 2 b 4gotten

August 7th, 2011
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Sometimes getting together with old friends who don’t live close by can be challenging, especially with different schedules, lifestyles, etc. But it is so worth the effort. We recently got together with Aidan’s longest known friend (the daughter of a dear friend of mine that I’ve known for quite some time). The two of us [...]

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hiking, history, and the i&m canal

October 19th, 2010
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Last Sunday, we all headed out for a day about town in beautiful Lockport, IL. The focus of our trip was the historic Illinois and Michigan Canal (I&M). The I&M Canal was commissioned in 1823 in order to connect Lake Michigan with the Mississippi River (via the Illinois River). This marked the first complete shipping [...]

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