•October 26, 2022•
By Jim Baumann
NP Guest Writer

Sorry for the Victorian clickbait headline, Dickens fans. This is my first and last mention of London and Paris, and there will be no revolution with which to frame this column.
Rather, this is about Chicago and Chattanooga, Tennessee.
I spend a good deal of time in the South these days, exploring the state parks of Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama. It’s beautiful and verdant, and unlike in Colorado you can traverse what we call a mountain in 20 minutes or so.
I grew up in Arlington Heights and went to high school in Mount Prospect, two towns with high aspirations but nearly no topographical diversity between them.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.