Category Archives: about me I am obsessed with the World Cup. This year’s games have had some amazing moments. Mexico’s team came out fighting strong against the home favorites – Brazil. The goalkeeper Ochoa not only kept Brazil from scoring a single goal in their match, but also defended shot after shot against the Netherlands in which Mexico was […] Glenview, IllinoisI saw a deer as I was driving toward the Redfield Estate in the Grove. I quickly pulled over, got out my telephoto lens and snapped this shot. This is where Michael and I were married and we love visiting when we’re back in Chicago. If any of you are looking for a beautiful, […] Chicago, IllinoisMr. McCann, my eighth-grade teacher, held a reading contest every year and the student who read the most books won a prize. His reading list included the science fiction book “The White Mountains” which is about three-legged machines called Tripods that control the earth by controlling human thought. Each human is given a “cap” […] Chicago, Illinois Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose. ~ from The Wonder Years When I was five, I flew from my birthplace in Poland, along with my mom and sister, to visit my grandmother in Chicago for a few […]  Union Pier, Michigan Some things never change. As my mom turns into Gintaras Resort it’s just like when my sis and I were kids – an expanse of green dotted with little cottages and the big log cabin straight ahead. The tires crunch over the gravel driveway as we’re greeted by the soft swish of […] |
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