My first time in the great city of Chicago. I loved everything about it. I can particularly recommend the Palmer House Hilton (notice the beautiful ceiling of the lobby bar in the second picture), the historic Exchange restaurant on Michigan (see their atrium in the fourth picture), and Momento Cantina on East Monroe (especially their…

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My good friend and colleague at Baylor Richard Rankin Russell bought a piece of land near Lake Limestone, TX a few years ago, and has built a beautiful cabin on it. He invited a few of us Baylor folks to spend a day and night there: We had amazing barbeque at Old Union Eats out…

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Lucy makes a snowball; then goes sledding, watched by Lotus the cat; Jen and I walk through the snow to Starbuck’s.

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We spent a wonderful week over Christmas break in one of our favorite places – the Ozark National Forest in northwest Arkansas. Joined by Jen’s sister Emily’s beautiful family. We visited Horseshoe Canyon Ranch, Lost Valley trail, Eden Falls cave, Sam’s Loop trail, Pedestal Rocks and Kings Bluff trail, and Alum Cove trail. Such beautiful…

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