• Winter
    House & Home

    I See Winter Aliens. Do You?

    Here in the Mid-west the snow is falling and the wind is blowing. We are having a blizzard. The drive is covered, and even though the plow came through our neighborhood late this morning, it needs to come through again.…

  • Winter
    House & Home

    Brrr! It’s Cold Outside!

    This January, the temperatures here in Northern Illinois have been registering in the teens and single digits. The other morning, for example, the “travel to school temp” hovered around the 5 degree mark. To me, having lived here all my…