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Today feels like we’re at a turning point
Sometimes I’ll pull up a Chicago webcam just to see what the skyline looks like. Today, the trees are starting to change color. I was about to capture a…
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Does a McDonald’s bag stop being a bag once you fold it into a crane?
99.9% of America throws away the fast food paper bag. It’s paper. Good paper. Your burger came in its own wrapper, and your fries came in their own…
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Repeating letters for emphasis
Do you ever type extra letters in a word for emphasis? Like, instead of typing “sweet!” you might type “sweeeeet!” You could short-hand…
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A carousel carver in West Virginia sent in the best leaf story yet
Patrick Wentzel picked leaves off the red maple in his yard in Parkersburg, West Virginia, and gave them to his wife Brenda on Friday, October 2. Fifty-six…
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Grocery Store Cake Gallery
The art gallery I visit the most often is the cake section in my local grocery store (Jewel-Osco). I never miss their shows #GroceryStoreCakeGallery The…
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Now page (for October 2026)
The big thing this month was the 25th birthday of the spudart.org blog. My first post went up on September 28, 2001. And then on the actual anniversary, I…
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No longer be seen in the background of Chicago’s free classical concerts
Every Wednesday at 12:15pm, Chicago hosts a free classical concert for anyone to attend. WFMT broadcasts the performance live on the radio. They also…
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Leaf with hole predicts future art project
Quick reminder of what’s happening here. Whenever somebody in my family picks up a leaf, I write the date and a few sentences on a 5×7 envelope, slide…
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Hot tea, origami, and a bicycle ride
I went to McDonald’s for Monopoly. I ended up sitting outside, chair-dancing to INXS, folding a McDouble wrapper into an origami crane, watching the wind make…
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Remember me on Division Street in 2011
“Remember me” checkboxes are ubiquitous online. You know when you log in to a website, there’s that checkbox on the login page that says…