Wow it’s been ridiculously not cold, so I was able to take a ride from Urbana to the neighboring town of Rantoul yesterday. Rantoul is the next stop north of Champaign on the Amtrak line…about 16 miles away. I had the pleasure of running into Ken Beck from the Dance Department at the Walgreens in town. He has a cool blog here: http://kenbeck.blogspot.com/Anyway, I made up a little song about Rantoul and recorded it in poor quality. Check out the link to the video below. I’m seriously considering strapping the ukulele to my bike this summer...Hear the song: (Anne Toole of) Rantoul 
Hope you're having a wonderful 2012!