Adjusting to New Developments Dear Readers: some of you have seen this piece, as it was posted last week…but most of you have NOT, Read More
Are We “Trailing Clouds of Glory”? Sometimes I yearn for an answer, and thus would love your thoughts concerning this: why is it that as we Read More
WHAT ARE YOU READING? 100 Best Books of the 21st Century Like many others, I don’t have a trip to Europe or some exotic island cruise on my calendar. Read More
GOOD NIGHT, HAPPY PEOPLE Our home in Chicago has two walls of windows that look out onto our garden(photos above). Those same windows also Read More
Our Wild Wonderful Children–Every One HOW TO RAISE A SWEET SON in an ERA of ANGRY MEN My husband and I are blessed with three Read More
The Mayo Clinic’s Advice for a Good Night Sleep We hear it all the time…getting a good night’s sleep is GOOD FOR YOUR BRAIN. Thus, when The Mayo Clinic Read More
SOLAR ECLIPSE: When Earthlings Are Not In Control: Annie Dillard; Melissa Kirsch You might have read Annie Dillard’s work: An American Childhood; Teaching a Stone to Talk. I admit that I haven’t Read More