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Genealogy & Family Reunions: Six Ideas for Making Connections
Who are these people? Still trying to find out. Published in ChicagoNow, July 17, 201 Bet you didn’t know that July is Family Reunion...
- Jul 14, 2015
Vanya’s Baby Boomer Rant and Mine
After 2+ hours of updating a credit card Published in ChicagoNow, July 14, 2015 “WE USED TO LICK POSTAGE STAMPS BACK THEN. Obviously,...
- Jun 30, 2015
Trying to Understand Amazing Grace
By caglecartoons.com via the Southern Poverty Law Center Published in ChicagoNow, June 30, 2015 When President Obama concluded his moving...
- Jun 18, 2015
Hands-on Fathers
With my father Published in ChicagoNow, June 18, 2015 When one of my brothers did something caring for my late mother, she used to say he...
- Jun 1, 2015
Our Screens are Stealing Precious Moments from our Lives
Photo by Balas Koren Published in ChicagoNow, June 1, 2015 We have all seen it: Parents with kids in a park, zoo, or restaurant whose...
- May 13, 2015
Becoming a Matriarch
Can you find the new matriarch? Published in ChicagoNow, May 13, 2015 I was helping one of my grandkids with her third-grade spelling...
- Feb 25, 2015
Seasonal Shopping: It’s Below Zero Outside and I Need Gloves
This boy needs some boots, and that fit. He also needs his own hat and mittens but will be stuck with his sister’s stuff until next year...
- Feb 18, 2015
Photos and Little White Lies
Published in ChicagoNow, February 18, 2015 “The camera never lies.” When photography was invented in the mid-nineteenth century, the...
- Feb 17, 2015
6 Random Acts of Kindness for a Winter Day
Bostonians are tough, but this is ridiculous Published in ChicagoNow, February 17, 2015 Today is Random Acts of Kindness Day, another one...
- Jan 13, 2015
Comcast, we need to break up
Cartoon by Marcia Liss Published in ChicagoNow, January 13, 2015 I know, old habits die hard and breaking up is hard to do. But Comcast...