December, 1999 Columns

Oasis on the prairie

Robert Allenton Park

Where to spend the millenium

Holiday travels

Old King Coal - Illinois coal mining history

November, 1999 Columns

A home to two heroes

Metropolis, Illinois

'Hail, alma mater'

University of Illinois reunions

A backward walk - Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
' Where city and country meet' - Monticello, Illinois

October, 1999 Columns

Rend Lake southern Illinois jewel - Mount Vernon, Illinois

Drifting by Cairo - Cairo, Illinois
'Astride two mighty rivers' - Cairo, Illinois
Grand living along the river - Cairo, Illinois

September, 1999 Columns

Hanging out at Harvard Square

Still going at 363 years
Four DeKalb celebrities
Some drives can still be fun
There's no place like home

August, 1999 Columns

Falmouth by the sea - Falmouth, Massachusetts

WHAT'S IN A NAME? - Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
A walk in a whaling town - Edgartown, Massachusetts
Sand dunes and salt sea air - Cape Cod, Massachusetts

July, 1999 Columns

Dreams of deep-sea fishing - Nantucket and Vineyard Sounds, Massachusetts

A few restaurants in Cape Cod - Massachusetts dining
Down to the sea - Woods Hole, Massachusetts

June, 1999 Columns

New addition at Ellwood House

Fishing holes and courtyards
Gone fishing at Bong
Land of the great Kolachys
Connecting flight blues

May, 1999 Columns

'Peyton Place' revisited - Grace Metalious

Behind the lines - World War II
It happened so fast - World War II
What is so rare as a spring recital? - Elmwood School, Zion, Illinois

April, 1999 Columns

The last train to Champaign - Illinois Terminal Railroad

A drive on the blockade side - Prague, Czechoslovakia
Smell the roses - Lecture

March, 1999 Columns

Thursdays with Andy - Grandparenting

She really served others - Sister Anunciata Horan, OSU
Special challenges to meet - University of Illinois publications

February, 1999 Columns

Up the river to a new freedom - Ste. Genevieve, Missouri

Searching for historical answers - New Orleans, family ancestry
A hat and a spot of tea - New Orleans

January, 1999 Columns

Snowbound in the city

Dining through New Orleans
That stadium seating blues