Morris author Maureen Keegan wants her friends and neighbors to get out of town. For an afternoon, at least, or for a day-long adventure to Chicago-area sites and sounds and colorful new flavors.

Author of the children’s book, “The Wedding of Q and U,” and a former teacher at Immaculate Conception and Nettle Creek schools, Keegan was accepted as a weekly writer for the “Chicago Now” blog site last year. She entitled her blog, “Trainspotting,” and writes about her adventures along the Union Pacific-West Metra train line.