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Episode #14 - Frigid temperatures and huge blocks of snow result in amazing works of art in three days. Liz and Tim have set up a makeshift studio in a minivan to bring you the Illinois Snow Sculpting Competition for this show. From tools of the trade and NFL football twins to cars sinking in the lake and sculpting the impossible. Dirty snow and sand sculpting to “I can’t feel my thighs” and the Kilted Snow Weasels. Visit lifes3x5s.com for each episode’s photo gallery, a way to contribute ideas ...

Episode #15 – SPECIAL NOTE: Several bonus audio segments mentioned in this show follow the exit music. Tim and Liz were surrounded by vintage audio equipment of every kind and brand at Sounds Classic in Rockford, Illinois. From renting to Hollywood and old radio airchecks to giant speakers in dorm rooms and outstanding concerts memories. From smelling musty socks and albums with an extra hole to Beatles trivia and “pants on fire.” Visit lifes3x5s.com for each episode’s photo gallery, a way to...

Episode #13 – Liz and Tim were so inspired by the Midway Museum in Rockford, Illinois. The stories flowed faster than any other episode. From Estwing hammers and Amerock hardware to the Aldeen Golf Club barn and the Rockford Peaches women's baseball team. Tim bought new jeans and Liz needed socks from Nelson Knitting. Tim pointed out his family heirlooms on display in the museum and there's news about the Camp Grant exhibit coming soon. Visit lifes3x5s.com for each episode’s photo gallery, a way...

Episode #12 - Among palm trees and everything green and within a gigantic glass box in northern Illinois, Liz and Tim talked about the smell of death, grubby kids in the dirt, ice skating, models trains, first jobs, plant kaleidoscopes, allergies, koi fish up to your elbow, dead animals, traveling abroad, and dressing in layers. Visit lifes3x5s.com for each episode’s photo gallery, a way to contribute ideas to our podcast and the Tip Jar.

Episode #11 – We were within the recording studios at the Rockford Symphony Orchestra offices. It was a day of giggles over the dumbest things. Surrounded by fun and creativity in the Riverfront Museum Park in Rockford, Illinois. From piano lessons and haunted hotels to birthday adventures and hoarding. Going to Liz Camp and inventing golf according to Robin Williams. Remembering reading for the blind and applying temporary tattoos to your toes in Vegas. Visit lifes3x5s.com for each episode’s ph...

A very cold and windy January day next to a restaurant’s fireplace surrounded by great sharable food. From wildlife and Betty White to fantasy camp and Harrison Ford. How do our conversations go so many places in thirty minutes or so? From being compared to someone and Dan Marino to recognizing someone from years ago in a split second and the successful folks named Lisa we know. Visit lifes3x5s.com for each episode’s photo gallery, a way to contribute ideas to our podcast and the Tip Jar.

Episode #9 began with a three-mile hike back to a falls on a beautiful December day in Starved Rock State Park. Kathy Casstevens was our docent host for the day. A comfort food lunch provided the perfect backdrop for a great conversation about the park’s history and plans for the future. From an impromptu birthday song in the bar and snowshoes to twins and a dog named Woody. From boys who seemingly worked for a dollar a day to music via a canyon harp and funeral bagpipes. Buckle up for this one.

Episode #8 - We knew it would be a little risker doing our shows on the road. Weather is the biggest culprit. Our conversation took place in a makeshift studio in a minivan in the middle of a December holiday light festival in the pouring rain. So much fun. From mouth scolding cider and the invention of White-Out to Pentatonix and Santa Claus’ footprints. What to do with things “broken down” and the memorable gifts from our childhoods. We stopped talking when the windows fogged over and we could...

Episode #7 - Our location for our 7th episode is inside the firehouse location of Beef-a-Roo restaurant in Loves Park, Illinois. They are a local fast-food chain of 50+ years. The stories piled up very quickly. From a radio station bumper sticker to fifth-grade field trip bag lunches. From The Love Boat trip to a jingle singing bartender in Las Vegas. From Tim’s French fries nubbins to a shore lunch of fresh mahi-mahi.

Episode #6 - Our show takes place in the WLUV radio studio in Loves Park, Illinois. This is personally close to their hearts because of the live shows they did there in 2021. Shortly after the owner died at the age of ninety-eight, the format changed and the building was renovated. Tim worked in the same studio when he was sixteen years old. Today’s episode is twice as long for obvious reasons.

Episode #5 - Being at a different remote location for each episode keeps it exciting, but today was thrilling. Three years ago twelve friends dug up some blueprints for a hundred-year-old airplane called the Jenny and decided to build one. Thirty seconds before we were to begin our podcast, they arrived to fly it for only the second time. Our conversation went from our first flight to skydiving, from Oshkosh Air Show to butterbeer and Harry Potter, and The Blue Angels to “Drink up Shriner!” Epis...

Episode #4 - Our episodes take us places not normally thought of for a talk show. We learn so much and meet great people. Today’s conversation took us from company logos to binge movies to musicals and creamsicles. And then from shipping containers to old photo slides to bedside items and giant cars in tiny garages. It’s a roller coaster of gabbing. Our 4th episode takes place inside a real storage container at Irontek Business Community in Beloit, Wisconsin.

Episode #3 - Our latest Life's 3x5s show took place in the middle of a farmer’s market in the Midwest. Never bored of our locations and it helps kickstart conversations. The farmers dressed up for Halloween and we talked about snoot, baseball caps memories, honey, gorging ourselves without throwing up, the National Restaurant Association, and seeing President George W. Bush. Following the snake trail through our conversation is non-stop and nearly impossible to retrace.

Episode #2 - If you kick a can far enough down the road you’ll run into Roland Olson Forest Preserve. We surrounded ourselves with dogwalkers and prairie fields and chatted until sunset. From foods you dip to questions about plants. From dogs on lame leashes to frog eye salad and the weird items on a McDonald’s menu elsewhere. They could never script it so they don’t because it’s more fun that way for everyone.

Catching Up and Creating It Over Coffee. Our location for the trailer is Meg's Daily Grind in Rockford, Illinois. Locally owned and operated with four locations.