Is anyone else old enough to remember writing contests in which the entries had to be  "25 words or less"?  Just me?? OK. Well, ye...

 You can rarely go wrong with spending time at a beach - and, for me, it doesn't matter whether the beach is in IL or WI. (Although trut...

Where did the month go? There's been a:  *graduation - from preschool - and a trip to the Magic House *visits from family to meet the ba...