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GJ in LA, or a Midwest Girl in LaLaLand

Posted on March 13, 2023 by admin

Last fall I embarked on a plane to Los Angeles. We won’t go into my fear of flying. I had not been in a plane in 30 years. The experience has changed, to put it mildly. What passes for first … Continue reading →

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Tales from the Road: The Lincoln Highway in Illinois

Posted on May 11, 2022 by admin

Sometimes I just have to run off. And so, even though I had done little preparation, I headed out to hit the Lincoln Highway in Illinois. Actually, full disclosure, my original plan was to do Illinois and Iowa, but fate … Continue reading →

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On the Road Again: In Search of the Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania, Part FOUR

Posted on March 30, 2022 by admin

My last day on the road, like the three previous, dawned beautifully sunny and pleasant.  I was ready to take on the Alleghenies! This time in daylight! I headed west back to Schellsburg, where I passed the grocery that had … Continue reading →

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Preservation Tales: I Thought This Was Saved!

Posted on March 22, 2022 by admin

Collier Lodge I first learned of Collier Lodge, originally built deep in the Kankakee Marsh along the river of that name, back in the 1990s at a historic preservation conference in South Bend. A fellow from Porter County gave a … Continue reading →

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On the Road Again: In Search of the Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania, Part THREE

Posted on March 5, 2022 by admin

As it grew light I was eager to leave the charmless motel outside of Trenton, with its broken security lock and lack of any coffee anywhere. Having determined the first day of this adventure that I could not make New … Continue reading →

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On the Road Again: In Search of the Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania, Part TWO

Posted on January 28, 2022 by admin

I awoke from a delightfully cozy sleep at the Lincoln Motor Court, about five miles east of Schellsburg, ready to resume. Again the day was clear and sunny. I walked around the charming court and gazed back westward at the … Continue reading →

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On the Confectionery Trail: A Movable Christmastime Feast

Posted on December 17, 2013 by admin

A new tradition began a year ago.  It happened to be on my mother’s birthday, which is why this trip is now marked to become an annual event though it was just a coincidence the first time.  Mom is gone … Continue reading →

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The Road Less Taken: Indiana’s Upper Right Corner

Posted on September 23, 2013 by admin

I always love a chance to go to the northern part of our state where the glaciers left behind lots of lakes and rolling terrain. And Pokagon State Park, one of our earliest, dating to 1925, in Steuben County is … Continue reading →

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Following in My Foodstops: Pie in the Sky

Posted on July 5, 2013 by admin

Pie Day?  Who thought of this?  And who would be crazy enough to drive 170 miles to check it out?  Pie Day? Well, to answer the second question, I was.  Clay’s Family Restaurant, a stone’s throw from the Michigan state … Continue reading →

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In Search of the Lights

Posted on December 24, 2011 by admin

I’ve just returned from what has become in less than a decade one of our most cherished Christmas traditions, one that encompasses nostalgia, bittersweet memories, a road trip, and history.  It was a visit to Frankfort, population 16,500 or thereabouts, … Continue reading →

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