Still Advocating
Writings of a retired educator, advocate, & baby boomer

Games my Mother Played and Why I don’t Play Games By Laurie Levy, October 11, 2018 It is the sounds that are etched in my memory. Tiles...

Published in ChicagoNow, August 28, 2018 In high school, my wonderful English teacher, Miss Young, made us memorize a Shakespearean...

Published in ChicagoNow, August 5, 2018 As a woman who has two younger brothers (whom I love), I always yearned for a sister. For my...

That smile vanished when I entered the school building Published in ChicagoNow, July 25, 2018 Do you remember the cloak room or folding...

Published in ChicagoNow, May 29, 2018 Can anyone guess what this is? I’ll give you a hint. It’s something I may have packed in a suitcase...

My grandmothers in their early sixties – younger than I am today! Published in ChicagoNow May 11, 2018 My grandmothers had hard lives....

Published in ChicagoNow, May 2, 2018 My parents had a remarkable system for the tooth fairy. Each time my brothers and I lost a tooth, we...

Proving to two of my granddaughters that I could bake Bubbe’s cake from scratch Published in ChicagoNow, January 3, 2018 Recently, I...

Halloween 1979 – a simpler era Published in ChicagoNow, October 31, 2017 When did Halloween evolve into such a huge deal? I have a hard...

A Google Earth view of how the street I lived on as a child looks today Published in ChicagoNow, August 25, 2017 Well, that’s not totally...