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,
Dear Readers: some of you have seen this piece, as it was posted last week…but most of you have NOT,
Sometimes I yearn for an answer, and thus would love your thoughts concerning this: why is it that as we
Like many others, I don’t have a trip to Europe or some exotic island cruise on my calendar.
Our home in Chicago has two walls of windows that look out onto our garden(photos above). Those same windows also
HOW TO RAISE A SWEET SON in an ERA of ANGRY MEN My husband and I are blessed with three
We hear it all the time…getting a good night’s sleep is GOOD FOR YOUR BRAIN. Thus, when The Mayo Clinic
You don’t know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer;
Reading and writing are two sides of the same enjoyment. We read novels to escape, and we write novels and
ENJOY SOME AMAZING POSTS FROM MY WRITER FRIENDS at BBB We are still in the midst of a SUMMERTIME VIBE!
Talking to Strangers Malcom Gladwell has so impressed the reading world with his analysis of life, that the term “Gladwellian
Fighting my fears…something wasn’t right. Midnight, snowstorm on the Dan Ryan Expressway, my van making some unidentifiable sound above
Because it’s August, and the garden is in full bloom, all the various cultivars having reached their desired height, most
You, the author of a blog post, letter, newspaper article, novel…will set your work in a certain time. And, as
I wrote a Memoir of my early years in Chicago, and thus I’ve written about PLACE (the house, the streets,
“Aw get over it.” “Hey, let’s just forget this, okay?” “I’ve moved on.” “Forgive and forget.” “Won’t you please forgive
What I often question, and would love your thoughts on, is as we age, why does our mortality become harder