All hail the Royals

The Lady Royals of Hinckley-Big Rock high school won the state 2A basketball championship just about an hour ago!
Congrats to this hard working, fun bunch of girls, and their coaches! They’ve been so much fun to follow, and what an exciting conclusion to a tremendous year!
I love my time each day with my newspapers, but [...]

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“Goin to the Chapel…”

I had a meeting at the Chamber office earlier today. I parked in front, and went around the corner to go in through the front door, and was stopped by this car across the street in front of the Fargo…

How sweet is that?  ”Going to Sycamore to get married.”  The utterly hopeless romantic in me is dying to know [...]

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Our idea of driving up sales…

Hello, we’d like to give you a hand with some exciting new gift ideas–you know we think the best gift of all is the one you give yourself!  Why not give us a hand if you agree!

We certainly don’t want to toot our horn, but we think we’re some of the prettiest bracelets you’ve ever laid [...]

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Happy Birthday, Dr. John!!

I took this picture during the Sycamore Pumpkin Parade last fall, and have it tucked away in a file on my computer marked Sycamore. There are so many wonderful things that take place in Sycamore and too often I take them for granted so I have been more devout in capturing these moments with my [...]

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Fever…

Okay, enough!!  My sinuses are on overload, my ears are sloshy, and now a fever–I want spring!!
Although when I was laying in bed this morning with the thermometer in my mouth I did think of the song, Fever. I have always loved that song, and then Kris reminded me of the version we heard when [...]

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