Category: discover
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Spring – Pansies, a flower with a face!

Every year, I’m amused when I see pansies in the garden center. I feel like there are all these different colored faced looking at me. It’s most amusing. I always buy impatiens, so I don’t know much about the pansies. I didn’t realize they are edible flowers. So that’s the flower I’ve seen on salads…
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Acts of Kindness… Races coming together.

The most wonderful thing happened yesterday. I was heading into the Aldi grocery store. A lady (black) and me (white) were about to collide into each other. I kindly motioned to her, that she could go in first. She motioned to me to go in first. I smiled and said, “Well, we could go into…
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

It’s tradition, the Chicago Plumbers Union will dye the Chicago River green for St Patrick’s Day celebrations. They’ve been doing this for 63 years now. The media says we have approximately 200,000 Irish Residents in the Chicago area. Following the river going green, there is a big parade. We have a lot of Pubs that…
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Mailboat Jumpers… Tryouts are soon!

If you are thinking of a fun getaway this summer, why not head to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. You can take the US Mailboat Tour and see mail jumping delivery in action. Mail jumping started in 1873. As there were no real roads, mailed was delivered by boat. The tradition has continued. Six jumpers are hired…

