

Why Visiting Cuba Made me Feel Guilty and Grateful
Produce for sale American style Published in ChicagoNow, January 26, 2017 Just back from a Road Scholars tour of Cuba, I went to the...
Jan 26, 2017


Ten Things I Did Today Instead of Watching the Inauguration
Posted in ChicagoNow, January 20, 2017 Just got back from nine days in Cuba where there was no Internet or news. Guess what? Aside from...
Jan 20, 2017


Indivisible not Invisible
Posted in ChicagoNow, January 9, 2017 It’s a simple pledge that every school child recites. In fact, several years ago, I posted one of...
Jan 9, 2017


Aunt Bea’s Chocolate Cake and Other Sacred Recipes
Aunt Bea’s Chocolate Cake Published in ChicagoNow, January 3, 2017 I’m not sure anyone will want my recipe cards. My children tell me...
Jan 3, 2017


Lin Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton Inspires Kids to Learn History
Thrilled to receive Hamilton for Hanukkah Published in ChicagoNow, December 30, 2016 We Should be Teaching our Kids More History in...
Dec 30, 2016


Election of 2016: Worse than 1968? Worse than Watergate? Maybe.
Vintage Nixon Published in ChicagoNow, December 17, 2016 Like many of us who lived through the horrors of 1968, culminating in Richard...
Dec 17, 2016


Warren Cherry: Trump or God or Obama?
Warren Cherry's portrait on the preschool wall Published in ChicagoNow, December 7, 2016 Every year for the past twenty-four years, I...
Dec 7, 2016


Thanksgiving Tribute to the Cherry Preschool Founders: There Were no Selfies Then
The Cherry Preschool founding board (two members missing) Published in ChicagoNow, November 24, 2016 When the founding board of Cherry...
Nov 24, 2016


The Zoo That is our Health Care System
Published in ChicagoNow, November 16, 2016 What kind of health insurance policy is there for a divorced mother of three, working for a...
Nov 16, 2016


Bad Bad Leroy Brown Memories of a Simpler Era
Crank up the stereo! Published in ChicagoNow, November 2, 2016 Last week, ChicagoNow had its monthly writing challenge, “Blogapalooza,”...
Nov 12, 2016