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Adventures and Endeavors
An Artist’s Date
I took myself on an artist date to the museum this week. Well, to tell the truth to the museum store. Found these sassy sticker books. Not suitable for kids, maybe not suitable for work, but it was a delight to see all my feels laid out there,...
Galena Illinois Artsy Souvenirs
I've just come back from a short trip to the Galena Territory, a beautiful part of western Illinois that reminds me of Ireland - the way you can come around a bend and are suddenly struck with awe at a vista that seems to be from another place. I...
I’ve Been Smelling Lilacs
I've been away from Chicago quite a bit lately, weeks and even months at a time, but this beautiful spring I'm adventuring locally. Lilacs are a great childhood memory for me , something I really missed all those years living down south. This year...
A Modern Road Trip
Whatever your opinion is about climate change, apparently this is what a modern late winter/early spring road trip looks like. Ed and I set off on our drive trip back from Southern California to Chicago in mid-March. I always keep an eye on the...
The Lowdown on Low Season Travel
From November 2024 through January 2025, my husband and I were on a pan-European adventure, a trip you've heard me refer to as our 65-30-65 project For most of the places we went, this is considered low season. Here one thing I can tell you for...
Art Supplies or Clothing?
A three month winter European adventure Three bags - pretty small ones I’d say So the question is, art supplies or clothing? Sure, I could buy as I go, but my studio and my closet, to be honest, are already full of goodies that I need to quit...
Here we go
Our 3-month working (ish) adventure begins October 31 with a month in Bray Ireland. Bray is about 45 minutes south of Dublin by rail. Apparently before there were cheap flights to sunny places, this was the destination for a seaside holiday for...
The 65-30-65 Project
As the hours of planning mount up, I've succumbed to the urge to give this big trip I'm planning for the end of the year its own special brand name. It's not only a shortcut in conversation, it's also a useful naming convention for the file...
The Rewards of Persistence
Planning continues for our three month year end adventure. For years I’ve collected hotel reward points from business travels, and we pretty much run our life on American Express, so our plan to avoid sticker shock is to put them to good use....