Quickening: Finding Those Living Moments
I’m always reading, always have a novel to settle down with at the end of the day, though my current
I’m always reading, always have a novel to settle down with at the end of the day, though my current
In past years, if I sat down to write novels about people connected to one another in various ways; if
BEING MORTAL And that is what Gawande emphasizes in this book: choice. The cases he relates are all about
When I was in grade school, I wrote a story about an avalanche. What did I know about that frightening
This post recalls an experience many of us have had. And lately, when I fly, I never get a window
Dear Readers: some of you have seen this piece, as it was posted last week…but most of you have NOT,
Let’s go back and look at what we read growing up. Let us then ask the question: are we
WHEN I WAS WRITING SHORT STORIES: Dear Ms. Havey, Many thanks for submitting “When the Song Ends.” I like this
Yes, PAIN and PATIENTS is a controversial subject. Arguments abound…too much pain medication and the patient is
I do love being on social media, for it allows me to reconnect with old Chicago friends from high school, college,
I It didn’t work out. I made my children liver sausage sandwiches with mayonnaise, garnished the top with circles of
I wonder if some of the generations below us have decided that we are too old to dream. Because
Writer, researcher Hillary Mantel wrote: “History is not the past, it is the method we have evolved of organizing our
Recently, in an advice column in our local Chicago paper, a woman asked about her blurred visions. The columnist advised
“You have your wonderful memories,” people said later, as if memories were solace. Memories are not. Memories are by definition
After our celebrations to bring in a New Year have taken place, we’re left to our own devices. But does