We just heard from a good friend, Rena Koopman, a goldsmith who designs and makes beautiful jewelry. (Some of Rena's lovely pieces I have given to Lora are shown in the photograph.)

Before leaving on this trip, friends asked how we planned to start conversations with people we didn’t know.

If you're driving from Chicago to Spring Green WI to see Frank Lloyd Wright's home and studio at Taliesin, you definitely do a last second swerve onto the exit when the "Racine" sign triggers a memory that this is where Wright designed the headquarters for the SC Johnson Wax Co.

We passed through Madison with enough time to only glimpse the incredible weekend farmer's market and the impressive Capitol building.

I hadn’t flown anywhere in almost 6 months, I try to walk many places and take the T as often as possible.

This spring we attended two one-day seminars that were created as a response to the election and people’s desire to learn how to communicate with friends and family members who voted ‘for the other side.’ 

We have decided to take a two-month road trip across the United States starting on September 14 and invite you to share our journey via this blog we are calling Cross Roads: Our Drive To See America.