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
Every so often, a “forgotten classic” is rediscovered and the literary world rallies with praise and predictions. This is
Good Night, Sleep Tight (In a hurry? Read the last paragraph: what sleep animal are you???) It’s rather shocking and
Can I be beautiful with the shoes I had to wear? And how beautiful? I often spend at least an
A piece in the Chicago Tribune inspired me today. The author, Peter Schwartz, wrote: In
Many of you know that after teaching high school English at Bloom Township HS, I went back to school
THE POLLY HILL ARBORETUM, located in West Tisbury, Massachusetts on Martha’s Vineyard. If something were to suddenly happen
Living in a temperate climate means big changes, and also some major challenges. One day it’s sixty degrees and you
Okay, it’s autumn, and just beyond my writing window…gold, yellow, lavender, and so many shades of green. Because
When a writer like Ann Patchett is creating her characters, we give her some leeway…she is writing from her own
Autumn is finally here. In some parts of the country and the world summer’s end was wet, with incessant rains