Goin to the chapel…

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The kiddos were game to keep going on the hometown tour, so we hit up the church that Mr. D and I grew up in.  This is where Mr. D was baptized, where we got hitched, and where our children were baptized.  Mr. D and I have SO many memories and stories from our many years … Read More

Where we lived

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Continuing on our tour down memory lane …. We took a quick turn off Interstate 80-94 to drive the kiddos past the places we called home as kids.  They’ve heard many stories about these places, now they see them and try to imagine their parents as kids, living in these neighborhoods, going to these schools, … Read More

Vacation

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I’m back.  Just spent a wonderfully relaxing and totally fun week of vacation with our kiddos.  Since this blog serves as an e-journal — of the life we’ve been given, I am warning you now, that you are now entering….. the vacation photos… After an overnight in the western ‘burbs of Chicago at my sister’s … Read More

Remembering

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Be strong and courageous,  do not be afraid or tremble at them  for the Lord your God is the one who goes with you.  He will not fail you or forsake you. Deuteronomy 31:6

Pie Plant

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It’s been such a late spring this year.  Everything is behind in blooming.  And growing.   Waaaaay behind. I’ve been patiently waiting for our “pie plants” to get some decent length on the stalks. The day finally arrived.  I picked pie plant today! You might call it Rhubarb. My earliest recollections of Rhubarb go back … Read More

Just passing through

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This post is for all my friends who I forget to tell about the best places to stop for food as they pass through the Calumet Region – my hometown – a.k.a Northwest Indiana.  That place that smells of oil refineries. If you’ve ever driven through, you know what I’m talkin’ about. photo by:  Mike … Read More

The mug

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For as long as I can remember I have used this mug for my morning coffee but only at my mother-in-love and father-in-love’s home. When we visited mom and dad in Indiana and in later years in St. Louis, I always chose this mug over the many cups and mugs in the cupboard. I liked the … Read More

Memory Lane

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Our drive to Cincy involves a trip through The Region.  The Region is what the locals call the area –  as in the Calumet Region.  “Calumet Region” defines the group of towns & cities surrounding the Calumet River and the Little Calumet River (affectionately referred to as “The Little Cal”)  in NW Indiana. It’s where … Read More

Cattail

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Not a kitty tail —  A Cattail. That brown stick that grows in marshes —  Every time I see cattails growing, I have a strong urge to pick a handful.   As kids we used to pick cattails so we could light the brown portion which burns like a punk, then walk around the neighborhood … Read More

Colder by the Lake

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DIY Guy and I grew up in the same town in Northwest Indiana. In the town of Hessville, the City of Hammond … in the “Region” — near the Indiana Harbor (or as we referred to it:  “The Harbor”) — which is near Gary, Indiana  (think Michael Jackson) — and…near to the Steel Mills. Both … Read More