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

Published in ChicagoNow, June 7, 2017 1967. Quite a year to be launched from college into the world. The music was awesome but the...

Published in ChicagoNow, May 30, 2017 Fidget spinners have been banned by most schools, and rightfully so. If I were having a hard time...

Published in ChicagoNow, May 22, 2017 A girl hates math, so she writes a letter: “Dear Math, I wish you would grow up and solve your own...

Or Why I Hate Buying Airline Tickets, Cars, and Mattresses Published in ChicagoNow, May 15, 2017 When I went to the seat map to purchase...

Published in ChicagoNow, May 12, 2017 I had saved a message from my late mother on my phone. It breaks my heart that, somehow in...

Published in ChicagoNow, April 24, 2017 I wish I could totally boycott air travel. If I can get to my destination via car or train or...

Published in ChicagoNow, April 18, 2017 In my community of Evanston, Illinois, we paid our taxes today. We also voted in a recent...

Published in ChicagoNow, April 10, 2017 Today is my brother’s birthday, so I was searching old family photos for one of his baby pictures...

Out of control grandkids' toys Published in ChicagoNow, March 30, 2017 Bet you didn’t know today is National I am in Control Day. I have...

Published in ChicagoNow, March 22, 2017 Martin Luther King taught us that, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Donald...