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STFU about Chicago: you don’t live here! I do, thankfully.

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Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 4d

Sunrise as seen from the Sangamon Valley Trail, northwest of Springfield, IL, on Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 7:10 am CDT.

Sunrise over the Sangamon Valley Trail on 10/8/25.

Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 26m

I have extended family - the Bosschers, for one - with strong Rehoboth connections. My sister-in-law’s mother died tragically in 2003 in Albuquerque and is buried in Rehoboth Cemetery. I have visited there a couple times.

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Rebecca Fishbein @bfishbfish.bsky.social · 32m

Hey NYC Bluesky, this lovely little restaurant that just happens to be down the street from me is struggling and could use your help. Please support, their food is excellent (and we are in dire need of good places to eat on Franklin)! agiscounter.com

Agi's Cafe

Hungarian & Jewish Classics Reimagined for the Modern Table

agiscounter.com

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Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 32m

Pratt’s Castle, Elgin, IL, photo taken by me this afternoon. I have biked by this several times this year (the Fox River Trail passes by it directly), but never has the light been so favorable as it was today.

Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 2h

Butera Supermercado on the south side of Elgin (not quite South Elgin; there’s a diff) has 16-oz cans of Low-Cal Sprecher Root Beer at the low price of 2/$3. No aspartame! I know I should be more discerning re the other ingredients, but aspartame has rung my internal alarm, it seems, for decades.

A 16-oz can of “Low-Cal Root Beer” from Sprecher, the famous Milwaukee craft brewery. Ironically, I was not able to find it on a recent visit to that city!

Lo-Cal Root Beer from Sprecher’s list of ingredients, as they appear on a 16-oz can held by me.

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Anne Billson @annebillson.bsky.social · 3h

Sitges (2025) photograph by Anne Billson

Sunlight breaking through storm clouds over the Sitges town beach. In the foreground, two people sheltering beneath an umbrella walk past a Re-animator poster.

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Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 4h

Late afternoon shadows on the Fox

Looking out toward the Fox River from a deck at a house on the river’s east bank, a few minutes north of downtown Elgin, Illinois this afternoon around 4:15 pm.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 8h

I was biking through Elgin, IL yesterday afternoon and a guy was running a leaf blower in the middle of a street. No visible leafage or visible debris. I left him to it. Leaf blowers seem to adversely affect the cognition of those who use them. Or maybe it’s a “chicken and egg” scenario…🤔

Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 10h

Oswego Family Restaurant brews Intelligentsia Coffee and has sassy AF servers FTW.

Two guests seated at a front window booth at Oswego Family Restaurant on Main Street (naturally), Oswego, IL.

Decaf. You don’t want to see me over-caffeinated.

Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 10h

Oswego - End of the Trail (FRT)!
Made good time, I think.

The end, or beginning of the Fox River Trail, depending on one’s perspective. It’s not quite to my halfway point in terms of miles as I’m trying to reach 65-70.

Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 12h

London Fog break @Limestone in Batavia.

Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 13h

The handsome gets handsomer, too.

Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 13h

Good morning from the Fox River Trail in Elgin! 🚊

Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 1d

*await my friends. Yikes…

Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 1d

Here comes the 5:15! I’m parked on the deck for the duration (of the evening).

Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 1d

Elginizing while I wait my friends.

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Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 1d

FINALLY on the Fox, after a train accident and a “chain accident.” Trail was relatively dry after the recent rain, and McHenry County has a kickass trail sweeping vehicle, so it was mostly free of leaves.

First to arrive gets to choose the best room, right?

Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 1d

UPDATE: my Uber driver just took us past the scene of the accident in Fox River Grove

Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 1d

Am hoping it’s free and we can just show up and be admitted, as per this other announcement:

Lia Kohl, Dave Rempis, and Katinka Kleijn at Horatio N. May Chapel at Rosehill Cemetery (19 Oct 2025)

Buy tickets to see Lia Kohl, Dave Rempis, and Katinka Kleijn live in Chicago. Track your favorite artists on Songkick and never miss another concert.

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Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 1d

Ugh! Of course, this is the train directly in front of mine….so we’re sitting at Palatine. 🥴

Chicago Transportation Alerts @ctaalerts.bsky.social · 1d

🚆 Metra UP-NW: Inbound and outbound train movement halted near Fox River Grove due to train 646 striking a vehicle. Extensive delays anticipated. Metra will provide updates as information becomes available.

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Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks! I’ve been inside once before for a memorial service, but that was about 20 years ago.

Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 1d

I had RSVP’d a while ago for Katinka Kleijn (Dutch cellist) at May Chapel this Sunday, 10/19 at 2 pm but don’t see a response in my email re tix. Maybe it’s gratis? 🤔

Katinka Kleijn

www.katinkakleijn.com

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Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 1d

Off to the Fox for a 3-day escape with some old (but good) MSP besties)! 🚴‍♂️

Panniers, gloves, Ottoman cap and bike helmet propped on the seat next to me on a Metra train en route to Crystal Lake. Oh, an iPhone charger, too.

Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 1d

Four years ago today, Nürnberg. “Eckfigur” (corner figure, literally) near Egidienplatz. Photo by me.

Statute of a priest, or possibly a saint/biblical figure, holding a staff, with a dog, mounted in a corner niche of a building in Nürnberg‘s Altstadt, or Old City.

Deutsch-Nederlander @denholt.bsky.social · 1d

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