Category: chicago
Countdown – ZERO Weeks Until Publication!
Order Caring Lessons: A Nursing Professor's Journey of Faith and Self NOW! It is here; scroll down to see a pictorial review. Make check payable to: Trinity Christian College (On the memo line, write "Book/Roelofs Freshman Nursing Scholarship”) In the amount of $16.50 ($13.99 per book, plus $2.51 S/H) Mail to: Lois Roelofs, PO Box …
A Lakefront Walk in Chicago
Where's Waldo, I mean the ferris wheel, at Navy Pier? Shimmering Lake Michigan! Here's the ferris wheel-up close. Rock barriers Prairie grasses
Strategies for Book Promotion – A Novice Begins
I'm not famous. I've never been on the front page of any newspaper, unless I can count my president's notes years ago on a District 20 newsletter of the Illinois Nursing Association. And I've not had a traumatic history to relate. So how do I promote my book? My promo literature includes something about an …
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Filming Transformers 3 / 7-31-10
Another weekend of filming--this time around Wacker and Wabash in Chicago:
Recapping Chicago Visit in Pictures
On July 13, I promised you a follow-up on my sister's visit. Here's a few pictures. All places are within walking distance of Millennium Park at Randolph and Michigan. So if you follow this a bit, you'll notice, except for a mile western jaunt to Union Station, everything takes place between 1200 S Michigan and …
Filming Transformers 3 – Chicago
Unlike in Los Angeles, it's not everyday we have movie crews here. So we went for a walk today to see the crash sites for the movie Transformers 3, starring Josh Duhamel, that is currently being shot here. Walk north with us on Michigan Avenue by the Chicago River. The Michigan Avenue bridge is up …
A Two Day Visit to Chicago
Before I moved downtown, I remember racking my brains to figure out what to do when we had out-of-town guests. Taking them downtown was our usual entertainment because there was little to do in our suburb. Not true, now. One of my sisters is coming tomorrow for her annual visit, and I always try to …
Countdown – 12 Weeks Until Publication
Well, I'm on the final, final trek to get Caring Lessons off to the printer. Have been working on refining the wording on the back cover. Have a great editor helping me make my nursing jargon understandable. I'm so used to talking as if everyone knows what I mean. Not so. It reminds me of …
Taste of Chicago
Taste of Chicago. Starts Friday. Read all about it and come on down!
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