Month: February 2025

Photography

My first camera was a 126 pocket camera, probably Kodak, that took square photos. I think my mom passed it to me when she got her first 35mm camera, but by the mid-80s I was using her camera. I’m not sure which I used to take photos on this particular camping trip in 1987. This […]

A cross-stitch embroidered capital letter B on white satin, surrounded by a mauve circular-cut matte in a square gold-tone wood frame

Embroidery

I have collected embroidery for many decades. I remember shopping for vintage embroidered pillow cases with my mom, and I even tried embroidering my own with cross-stitch once. I do still have some embroidered linens, but my preference is for embroidered wall art. Since I was writing this post I moved a cross-stitch made by […]

Detail of plaster moulding at the Fine Arts Building in Chicago

Fine Arts Building

Tonight Jim and I were able to attend an event with musician Neko Case for her memoir, The Harder I Fight The More I Love You. Neko is one of our favorite musicians. I saw her perform starting in the late 90s, memorably outside of Schuba’s where I first heard her cover of Neil Young’s […]