In Honor of National Grammar Day: It’s Between You and Me… Not I
Published in ChicagoNow, March 9, 2018 March 4 was National Grammar Day, so this is a belated rant about one of my pet peeves: the misuse...
Mar 9, 2018
Americas Gun Culture: Ballet with a Bullet
When the ballet skirts I ordered for my granddaughter’s birthday arrived from a Florida retailer that sells clothing for dancers, I was...
Mar 6, 2018
Dr. Seuss Birthday Challenge to Donald Trump
Kind of looks like POTUS Published in ChicagoNow, March 1, 2018 In honor of Dr. Seuss’s birthday (March 2, 1904), I implore the president...
Mar 1, 2018
Why Did I Read *That* Book?
Published in ChicagoNow, January 30, 2018 at 10:02 am You know the one I mean. Fire and Fury. After hearing the author, Michael Wolff,...
Jan 30, 2018
A Womans Place and Other Thoughts from my Nasty Snake-Filled Head
Freedom from Want by Norman Rockwell, 1943 Published in ChicagoNow,. January 29, 2018 Courtland Sykes, a Republican running for Senate...
Jan 29, 2018
Why I Joined the Womens March Again
My sign for 2018 featuring one of my grandkids at the 2017 March Published in ChicagoNow, January 22, 2018 By Chicago standards, January...
Jan 22, 2018
Computer Literacy for Kids Should Also Include Writing
Published in Huffington Post, January 16, 2018 Middle schoolers love computers, but I doubt they are using them to write. I was shocked...
Jan 16, 2018
The Golden Globes: What do Fancy Black Dresses Say?
Kendall Jenner Posted in ChicagoNow, January 8, 2018 Everyone wear black. I get it. Let’s make a statement. Let’s say #TimesUp. At the...
Jan 8, 2018
Following my Mother's Recipe
Proving to two of my granddaughters that I could bake Bubbe’s cake from scratch Published in ChicagoNow, January 3, 2018 Recently, I...
Jan 3, 2018
Texting with my Grandkids
Published in ChicagoNow, December 26, 2017 I have finally accepted that texting is the only way to really reach my kids. I guess email is...
Dec 26, 2017