Archive for April, 2009

Freeport Library is Goin' to the Dogs!

April 27, 20098 CommentsPosted in blindness, book tour, Braille, travel, Uncategorized, visiting libraries

A column in the Freeport Journal-Standard touts the upcoming Freeport Family Book Fest. Born to bark. Born to run. Born to be read to? Absolutely. This week’s column is going to the dogs – literally a special group of tail-wagging canines who, along with a dozen award-winning authors, all from Illinois, will participate this year […]

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Flo on the Pot

April 22, 200926 CommentsPosted in Flo, Uncategorized

  Flo – that’s my mom — turned 93 on Monday. My four sisters and I celebrated by taking Flo to Geneva for a two-night stay in a beautiful restored old inn. This was in Geneva, Illinois, but if you talk to Flo about it all, you might think we brought her to Switzerland. Trying […]

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