This past weekend was Open House Chicago, which is put on by the Chicago Architecture Foundation, and gives free, behind-the-scenes access to 150 buildings across Chicago. This is the fourth year of the event, and I've done it all four years. It is now one of my favorite events of Autumn. Our first stop was to Sedgwick Studio, 1544 N. Sedgwick, which is described as "Hidden under the Sedgwick L station, this building opened in 1900 as an electrical substation. It now … [Read more...]
Glimpse of Solace: Bugging you
Pizza, Papercuts, and Weiwei
Last week The Chicagoist published "The 20 Best Pizzas in the Chicago Area." When I posted the link on FB, it got more “likes” than a lot of my posts. Wednesday I went with two of my sisters to try a place on the list. It’s Flo & Santos, 1310 S. Wabash. The Chicagoist was right, the pizza was good. We all wanted different ingredients on our pizza so we ordered the lunch special, which was an individual one-topping pizza and side salad. Delish. After lunch we walked … [Read more...]
Falling
Today at 9:29 pm is the Autumnal Equinox so I thought I'd share my poem. I 've had a long dry spell; something like 15 rejections in the past two weeks so I figure I'll publish one of my own poems here. Hope your writing is going well, that your dry spell is short, and that autumn is kind to you. Peace, love, and solace Autumnal Equinox On a Saturday, wind blowing, sun in a wide sky, this family of four goes to the woods, or what passes for them around … [Read more...]
Glimpse of Solace: “Wistful wishful” and “Fields of green”
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