Western Springs is in Cook Co. It has uniformly desirable schools / neighborhoods, which should come as no surprise as you can probably pick a costly half gallon of delicous milk in a heavy glass bottle from the Oberweiss shop across from the RR depot AND LUG IT BACK HOME from any spot in town in about 30 minutes. It is extremely compact. Neighboring Hinsdale lies partially within Cook Co, but largely inside DuPage Co. It is the rare town where every single one of its elementary schools and middle...

When he walks through that back door and I am standing there in the kitchen in my apron I can't help but smile. So I do..... I know that in just a second he will grab me in his arms and his smile will just light up my world.

For me, it is the most simple things in life that make me the happiest, and together, he and I, we enjoy those simple things. I live for them.

I remember the day we met. Those beautiful blue eyes smiling at me. We were new to each other but...

In 1903 the R.R. Donnelley Co. of Chicago published an edition of The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin; they did not offer it for sale. They gave the copies to valued employees, suppliers, and customers. They wished it to be a dignified and value gift. They planned it as an annual project. The first few editions were the sorts of books that few would actually read. But in 1911 they began to publish works dealing with the early days of Chicago and expanded into early Western Americana. Milo Milton...

Atlanta Georgia is a very comical city. One thing about it, if you can avoid Ni99a Moments it really is quite entertaining to see how these people behave and deal with things.

We bought our home because it met most of the criteria we set for our search. I don't remember all but the things that come to mind include:

1) along the Suffolk side of the Nassau-Suffolk Co. border
2) a small, unimproved, older home that needed some or a lot of work;
3) on half an acre or more;
4) easy to maintain parcel (no retaining walls, drainage problems, etc.)
5) north of the Long Island Expressway (I-495, "LIE");
6) in an area...