by Splabman | Sep 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
Mer, Ella and I are staying at my sister Barb’s house while in Chicago. She lives near Lawrence and Damen on the north side of town. We arrived here Tuesday night and she told us about the Carl Sandburg home nearby. The address is 4646 N. Hermitage. Sandburg was...
by Splabman | Sep 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
When Meredith and I decided to make a road trip from Seattle to Minneapolis and Chicago & back, I knew that we would have to do a side trip to Fort Atkinson and Black Hawk Island, Wisconsin. First becoming aware of the work of Lorine Niedecker about ten years ago,...