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72 days ago
A man and his dog riding on a Hog (http://www.southtownstar.com/news/1778098,092009snowbaby.article) September 19, 2009 BY DONNA VICKROY When JoJo Kordik rides through town, adults stop and smile. Children wave and cheer. Even the cops are inclined to blare their sirens. Kordik readily admits the reception has nothing to do with him. The 56-year-old Merrionette Park road maintenance worker says, "It's all about the dog." Snowbaby, an 8-year-old Siberian Husky, loves to ride on the back of Kordik's 2005 Ultra Classic Harley-Davidson. Wearing "doggles," she sits in a custom-made basket that has a built-in harness. Kordik had to weigh Snowbaby and take her measurements sitting down before he could order the all-leather, fur-lined seat from Beast Riders in Maryland. "It's specifically made for my model, but it can be modified to fit any motorcycle," he said. Straps hold Snowbaby secure in three ...
204 days ago
I think I posted this last Mothers Day, but it says so much and says it so well, I wanted to share it again..to encourage and to celebrate each of us who are mothers and to remind us all of the awesome place our mothers or "mothers" (and for some that might even have been dad) have had and, for some of us, still do in our lives. The greatest thing my mother shared with me was her faith that became mine. Thank you, Mama. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY !! This is for the mothers who have sat up all night with sick toddlers in their arms, wiping up puke laced with Oscar Mayer wieners and cherry Kool-Aid saying, "It's okay honey, Mommy's here". Who have sat in rocking chairs for hours on end soothing crying babies who can't be comforted. This is for all the mothers who show up at work with spit-up in their hair and milk stains on their blouses and diapers in their purse. For all the mothers who ...211 days ago
Remember the movie Big with Tom Hanks? The piano used in that movie is now at FAO Schwartz NYC. Here is a piece by Bach played by a couple of the store's employees.
215 days ago
Whether it's quitting smoking (I'm close to two months now smoke-free!!!) or beating the odds while in remission from cancer (some may know to whom I'm referring with that one ), whatever your dream may be, read on... Realizing Your Dream ~ Saralee Perel ~ "So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable." Christopher Reeve Recently, for the first time in 5 years I simply went out back, put my cane down, and started walking. I made it 42 yards. Today I walked 5 miles. My medical team had said this would be impossible. My brain could no longer send the signals for walking because those nerves in my spinal cord had been destroyed. Though certainly unintentional, my doctors did take something very important away from me: hope. A while back, a psychologist pal of mine urged me to try to help ...
232 days ago
CTA train operator offers pleasantries and smiles aboard the Red Line By Christopher Borrelli March 31, 2009 Tribune reporter/CTA Red Line rider Christopher Borrelli has dubbed Michael Powell (above) The Nicest Train Operator in Chicago ( Tribune photo by E. Jason Wambsgans / March 30, 2009) The first time I noticed The Nicest Train Operator in Chicago was when, as we pulled away from the Wrigley stop on the Red Line, the train announcement took the form of a kind of city poem: "Wrigley. Cubs. ...
