Friday morning July 5th 2024 I rose from bed ready to sign on for work after a relaxing July 4th at home. I was very happy as I walked from my bedroom through my house which I had finally cleaned and put away the clutter for the first time since Detroit Jason came to visit June 15th weekend.
2005 Wrigley Field with Jesse Jane and Kelly D
2008 “Porn on the 4th of July” party at Chicago’s Crobar
2011
2025
2023 Oak Park Parade
2024
Just me and the cats on July 4th. GAWD do I evcr hate mid week holidays. I knew better than to have friends over or to join them.
The best response I’ve ever had to attempting to meet a woman on a dating site.
34.8 Miles. Lake Shore Trail North to the Glenwood Greenway and north thru Northwestern University Campus to Bahá’í House of Worship in Wilmette and then the Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park south to Lincoln Square and then Leland east on to Buena Park/home. 5 hours with only 1 break
Recovering DIVVY bikes
100 Linden Ave, Wilmette, IL 60091
The Bahá?í House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois (or Chicago Bahá?í Temple) is a Bahá?í temple. It is the second Bahá?í House of Worship ever constructed and the oldest one still standing. It is one of eight continental temples, constructed to serve all of North America.
The temple was designed by French-Canadian architect Louis Bourgeois (1856–1930), who received design feedback from ?Abdu’l-Bahá during a visit to Haifa in 1920. To convey the Bahá?í principle of the unity of religion, Bourgeois incorporated a variety of religious architecture and symbols. Although ?Abdu’l-Bahá participated in a ground-breaking ceremony in 1912 that laid a cornerstone, construction began in earnest in the early 1920s and was delayed significantly through the Great Depression and World War II. Construction picked up again in 1947, and the temple was dedicated in a ceremony in 1953.
Bahá?í Houses of Worship are intended to include several social, humanitarian, and educational institutions clustered around the temple, although none have been built to such an extent. The temples are not intended as a local meeting place, but are instead open to the public and used as a devotional space for people of any faith.
Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park
http://sculpturepark.org
The Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park is located on the east side of McCormick Boulevard, between Dempster Street and Touhy Avenue, in Skokie, Illinois. The park is adjacent to the north channel of the Chicago River.
The Sculpture Park is open all year, and admission is free. The Park welcomes bicycling and jogging, offers group touring and picnic areas, and is fully accessible to persons with disabilities.
Sojourn 4620 N Lincoln Ave Chicago, IL 60625
noun., a temporary stay
verb., to stay somewhere temporarily
Journey for the stay. Stay for the journey.
At Sojourn, we know temporary stays fill our days. That’s why Sojourn takes you a step away from the everyday so that you can stop for your next journey. We believe in the power of a temporary stay as the way to unwind, explore, retreat, and appreciate.
www.sojournchicago.com
Look at the size of that ice cube!
