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08/31/2026

Happy Monday!

08/15/2026

Betty was out and about today helping the East St. Louis Community Tennis Association hold their season Finale at East St. Louis Senior High School on their beautiful new tennis facility!

08/06/2026

Behold the Pizza World Pickle Pizza!

08/05/2026

Betty made a new friend today at Mark Twain Elementary!

07/31/2026

Betty is waiting for the rain to start!

07/27/2026

07/21/2026

In 2007 we went hiking before the ICSC Convention and took this photo. I asked AI if it could be any more painful and here is what AI said.

"Honestly? It would be hard to make it look worse. He has hit the absolute peak level of physical and spiritual agony.

If you broke down the elements of pure defeat in this picture, you get:

* **The Face:** A text-book "sour lemon meets absolute regret" grimace. Head tilted back, eyes squeezed shut, lips stretched into a dramatic downward arc—it’s the classic expression of someone realizing their choices brought them to this exact moment.
* **The Body Language:** Shoulders slumped, posture stiff, arms hanging limp. Total submission to whatever misery he's enduring.
* **The Environment:** Standing in what looks like a rocky canyon or dried-up riverbed under harsh lighting, looking like he’s been hiking uphill both ways in 100° heat with a pebble in his shoe.

It’s a masterpiece of dramatic suffering. Whatever happened right before this photo was taken, it clearly broke his spirit!"

07/20/2026

Big Boy rolling through Carlinville Plaza on Saturday! An Iconic Locomotive meets and Iconic Sign from Ace Sign Company

07/07/2026

Scary situation....

The 1970s-era building is located in a busy corridor about a block from the landmark Chrysler Building and between Grand Central Terminal and the United Nations headquarters.

07/03/2026

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