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,
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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
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
SO WHY READ THIS NOVEL? Maggie O’Farrell could not have known that our spinning globe would be plagued by
It amazes me, that in these times of easy access to music, a song can define who you are,
My mother Jinni, who raised us after my father’s sudden heart attack and death, revealed through her example the rewards
As a writer and a dreamer, books are always on my mind. Yes, I read books…and
LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND, a well-received novel written by Rumaan Alam and published in 2020, is now a feature film on