Driving to dinner Friday I heard an ad for State Rep. candidate Paul Serwatka on WIND radio just after right after the 6:30 news. It was during the Joe Walsh radio show. I asked for cost details, but didn’t get … Continue reading
Category Archives: Wind
A couple of times ago, the Chicago Public Schools were pretty much to last to announce they were closing because of the weather. Today, they were the first I saw. McHenry County Schools seem to have followed suit. I checked … Continue reading
A commenter on my article about WIND’s having taken former Congressman Joe Walsh off the air while he was trying to compare the word “redskin” to more universally condemned terms for other races alerted me to the fact that he … Continue reading
Joe Walsh is nothing if not candid. The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that WIND pulled the plug on his radio talk show last night after about two hours on the air. The paper reports he tweeted: “Just got kicked off … Continue reading
The following just popped into my inbox: Beginning Monday, March 25, former Illinois Congressman Joe Walsh will join the line-up of AM 560 The Answer in Chicago, hosting a show each weekday from 7-9pm. “There are few politicians in Illinois … Continue reading
That’s what the Weather Bureau says. “Wind Advisory.” Whitecaps on Crystal Lake. And this tree across Country Club Road in front of the Dole Mansion. … Continue reading
We drove through Harvard on the way to the Wisconsin Dells a couple of weeks ago and, to my surprise, there was one of those Obama construction signs. Not much being done, but the signs were there anyway. The sign … Continue reading
How strong was the wind this afternoon? A gust took out our tallest hickory tree. We lost half of the other big one in the late 1980’s to lightning. The big oak on Meridian Street next to the hickory also … Continue reading
If it were a presidential election, an event being held in Barrington Saturday, August 8th, would be deemed a “cattle call.” Candidates for the Republican nomination for governor will be at Citizens Park on Lake Zurich Road in Barrington. Lake, … Continue reading
This one was swinging in a blizzard-like wind across the street from the northeast corner of the Dole Mansion, also known as Lakeside Center when I picked up my son from his Mad Scientist rocket building class this afternoon at … Continue reading
This one was swinging in a blizzard-like wind across the street from the northeast corner of the Dole Mansion, also known as Lakeside Center when I picked up my son from his Mad Scientist rocket building class this afternoon at … Continue reading