I like it when people come to visit me. So it was particularly nice when – a couple weeks ago – a group of people came for a visit. They started out north of Mahomet at the Sangamon River Forest Preserve – nine of them, in four canoes and a kayak. They arrived a little after 9 in the morning […]

Life seems to proceed in cycles and phases. It’s been the nature of things for my family and me. Cycles change, a new phase begins, yet in another sense things seem to circle back, making new connections. Invisible threads seem to connect things together, pulling us in directions we’re destined to go. All we need do is feel the threads, […]