IL - Ohio River - KY

Last night's home made cheeseburger

American cheese, lettuce, tomato, avocado, mustard, and ketchup finish off a half pound burger cooked on the grill. Yum.

The El

In Chicago, the trains operate underground, at street level, and some are elevated. The latter are called "el" trains, or simply "the el". In the downtown area, they are very loud as they blast past you overhead with the noise ricocheting off of the tall buildings they ride between.

I don't remember which book it was, but Kurt Vonnegut described the sound of fighter jets taking off from the air base near where his character lived as a sound that "ripped the sky to shreds". I am often reminded of his words when I hear the el.

Staring at a fire, burning in lifetime memories

Papa and Alex mesmerized by the fire he built in the chiminea-- after Papa taught him how to build a fire.

Alexander the Goof

Line up girls. Here's the very handsome and always charming grandson!