Heavy rain through the last 24 hours (blown up here from Hurricane Ida?) brought in a cool front, after several days of unseasonably hot weather in the middle of September. I heard a weather forecast of high of 63 tomorrow!
I needed a new hoodie sweatshirt, so I put Goodwill in my GPS. This store was really not out of our way and was exactly the place to be.
The fabulous colors of my new sweatshirt made it jump right off the rack as I came through the door.
I turned to bright colors last winter and just have not gone back. My current motto is "Wear bright colors. Life is short - don't blend in."
This sweatshirt is celebrating some kind of Winterfest back in December 2019. The Christmas right before the Covid, worth remembering.
And it also is celebrating Indianapolis, the next step on our trip - probably Wednesday or maybe even tomorrow afternoon. How perfect, to be wearing an Indianapolis sweatshirt when I arrive!
In all my years of business travel, and then my 20 years of running south from Chicago to Louisville on I-65 to see my son - right through Indianapolis - I do believe I have never set foot in that town.
Friday at the Columbus Area Visitors Center, a lovely couple from Indianapolis were telling me about a very exciting art exhibit at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
It is called the "LUME" - and, If I understood correctly, involves walking through 3-D projections of Van Gogh's art. That sounds pretty mind-blowing.
I am eager to get onto Chicago, but this is a stop I can't refuse.
The people in the Goodwill were lovely. My purchase of a tie-dye sweatshirt surfaced a response in my cashier about her best friend - who loved tie-dye. When I expressed an interest, she kind of betrayed herself by offering that this 26-year-old woman had recently died.
I instantly felt so sad that I told the young woman I might cry. I've got a hunch that she also still has some more crying to do about her friend. read more