This past weekend a friend and I took a ride to Fort Sheridan to take in some nature. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I was pleasantly surprised to find well maintained trails with gorgeous views of Lake Michigan. It was SO nice to get out of the house and into some honest to goodness nature.

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August wasn't quite as brilliant as July in terms of my reading, but I still cleared out five books. However, I took a few diversions from my August TBR. I bailed on We Ride Upon Sticks. After a few chapters, and seeing how much further I had to go while feeling totally lukewarm about it, I rea…