Month: August 2017

Wine Anyone? Having a nice glass of wine is a luxury. Luckily, I have had the opportunity to taste quite a many glasses of wine in the past. Over the years I have been able to visit wineries from the valleys of California to the shores of the Great Lakes. In my opinion, my palette
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Who Knew? Having lived in Illinois for most of my 55 revolutions around the sun, I have never ventured to Shawnee National Forest. As a kid, my parents took me on those inexpensive, close to home, vacations as a treat. We loved spending time away from home together. Our main go-to as a family was
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