Category Archives: Such is Life

Just Another Golden Sceptre

About 25 years ago, the entire United States appeared to be caught up in King Tut mania, and Chicago was no different.  The Art Institute of Chicago was host to a traveling Tut exhibit, and the lines stretched around the … Continue reading

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What Beaches Teach Us

Like many others in my peer group who first started typing on a manual typewriter, I have had an ambivalent love/mostly hate relationship with computers from the get go – continually feeling intimidated and frustrated with impenetrable jargon that requires … Continue reading

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In the Fold with My Peeps

My interest in knitting starting innocently enough some 30 years ago when we were visiting Ireland.  The island was awash in American tourists whose first order of business was the purchase of a hand knit Irish sweater which was then … Continue reading

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