Summary Valentine’s Day is one of those occasions when everyone gets to eat chocolates and drink their favorite champagne with their dearest love and allow the world to drift by in silence. It is fitting that this holiday comes at a point in deep winter when it can be enjoyed best. Today I spent some [...]
Summary On Martin Luther King Jr. Day this year I visited the Ottawa site of the original Lincoln and Douglas Debates. A few days later Dotsie Corwin sent a copy of the photography you see to the right. It shows her and Connie’s father Lloyd (L) with his father Wilmer (R) on a historic sites [...]
Summary Dotsie Corwin (Connie’s sister) sent this photo she discovered while combing through their mother’s scrapbooks. Wow! Click the photo to enlarge it. You can find Connie sitting in the second row, second from the left.
From Dotsie Corwin (my wife’s sister): If you haven’t seen these you may want to see look at these two pages (in two emails) from the current WSBC (Western Springs Bible Church) that are on dad’s tenure there. I especially appreciate the testimonial by Howard Amerlan about Dad’s discipling him. I remember when Howard came [...]
Summary The highlight of these gatherings is when the children get their presents. But I am getting ahead of myself. The story begins with a bit of difficulty. I’ve been trying to pass on an Apple PowerBook G4 to my niece. But I need to wipe the hard drive clean and reformat it. It seems [...]
Summary These are a collection of videos taken by my sister Constance Colar on a Flip Video camcorder. The recording were from November 20, 2010 and were made in my Aunt Betty’s home. Most of the participants were the children of sister Constance and their offspring as well as the offspring of my Aunt’s two [...]
Summary My sister Connie Colar took these video clips using a Flip Video Cam Corder on 13 December 2011. The group performing is the South Shore Drill Team in which her son (Berry) participates. This group operates out of the Gary Comer Youth Center on the south side of Chicago. They are known across the [...]
Warmth And Cheer Winter has gripped the Midwest more tightly this week. Our temperatures are well within the ranges one would expect for this time of year. It is cold enough now that riding our bikes means heading to an indoor turnaround point for food before heading back to the van without dawdling along the [...]
New Camera Information If you are a person who enjoys image making and wants a bit of creative control into the bargain, then the Nikon Coolpix P7100 is a camera you might wish to consider. It has a full on automatic mode wherein the camera makes all the decisions for you. But in addition you [...]
By Lesley Young Posted November 21, 2011 The Commercial Appeal Samilia Colar could use an extra set of hands. Or three. When she’s not looking after her 2-year-old son, Liam, she’s fiercely sketching new ideas or implementing them on her sewing machine. “I’m a team of one,” said the 27-year-old owner and designer of Texstyle [...]
By Nicole Marie Melton Naturalistas from far and wide gathered this weekend in Chicago for the ‘Treasure Our Tresses’ meetup, hosted by bloggers Brianna McCarthy of The Mane Source and Maeling Tapp of Natural Chica. “The energy in the room at ‘Treasure Our Tresses’ was electric!” said McCarthy. “There was so much love and unity between all these [...]
Church Celebrates Its 100th Year! Cent Times October 11 (PDF) Read more about it here…
Watch, or maybe I should say ‘listen’ to Bruce Colar praying the opening prayer for our Sunday morning services.
Passing Through Tom and Karla Fesmire came through town on their way north to Wassau, WI where they will visit with her parents for a week. Kaitlyn and Sarah their daughters made the trip as well. They took the train from Lynchburg, VA to Chicago and will drive the remainder of the distance before returning [...]
I thought you might enjoy reading this from 1945 announcing Dad and Mom coming to Western Springs Baptist Church (the Village Church), You might particularly appreciate reading what B. Graham wrote about our father/grandfather towards the end of the article. I also thought it was interesting he was considered one of the best pianists at [...]
Note: Videos made by Constance Colar They think thye’re posing for a pic, but it’s really a Video! 10 Month Old Mikayla!
Glen and Briana’s daughter has her second birthday party. These movie clips were made with an Android phone.
This video was uploaded from an Android phone. A member of my sister’s family took this video. Perhaps we can convince my family to join us on a bike ride along this very stretch of the Lakefront Trail?
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