We had ridden thirty-seven miles on Day 1 of our bike ride across Illinois, so we decided forty miles per day was our goal as we continued our journey 200 miles to the Mississippi River. The map didn’t cooperate. Towns along the Grand Illinois Trail in central and western Illinois, were not spaced in neat … Continue reading Day 2-Epic Bike Adventure
Epic Biking Adventure
Have you ever felt the need for an epic adventure to spice up your life? That’s how I felt last November when I met Nancy S. for a dainty lunch at the tea shop in Frankfort. We decided to bicycle across Illinois even though bicycling was relatively new to us. (First, I had to buy a … Continue reading Epic Biking Adventure
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Review: The Green Tunnel
The Green Tunnel-An Appalachian Trail Diary was a great adventure. I love backpacking and have always wanted to hike the Appalachian Trail, but most likely never will, certainly not the entire route as the author did. His account of his months on the trail is the closest I’ll ever get to that accomplishment. Patrick Bredlau’s … Continue reading Review: The Green Tunnel
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Review – The Doctor’s Wife
The Doctor’s Wife by Elizabeth Brundage is is an intriguing story, though I felt brutalized by the reading of it. It is a tangled web of emotions and relationships from which none of the characters will come out whole. The author wants the reader to sympathize with women who feel they must resort to … Continue reading Review – The Doctor’s Wife
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Review: All the Light We Cannot See
I went into this story, by Anthony Doerr, not knowing what to expect; perhaps a love story between the German boy and the blind girl; perhaps a fantasy about the magic or curse coming from the diamond; perhaps a lesson about greed, or violence, or duty. As it turns out, all of those were small … Continue reading Review: All the Light We Cannot See
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