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

Posted in ChicagoNow, March 31, 2014 Just came home from the Jewel where I saw a woman tie two active dogs to a pole just outside of the...

Reading when not in school Published in ChicagoNow, March 27, 2014 You would think a former teacher and English major with a master’s...

A robot transformer created by my grandson Posted in ChicagoNow, March 24, 2014 Driving my 4-year-old grandson to his preschool in...

In her Korean hanbok with her Mom's tallit Published in ChicagoNow, March 17, 2014 My guest blogger today is my almost eight-year-old...

Published in ChicagoNow, March 12, 2014 When I first started blogging at the end of September, I thought it would be a piece of cake. I...

Published in ChicagoNow, March 10, 2014 My granddaughter struggles to express herself with words, but she has always been always eager to...

Published in ChicagoNow, March 7, 2014 In its March 6, 2014 editorial in the printed paper, the Chicago Tribune asks, “Where is the harm...

Published in ChicagoNow, March 2, 2014 Dr. Seuss died in 1991, ten years before the No Child Left Behind Act passed Congress and long...

Sammy's Memorial Garden Friendship Table in memory of Kaelan Published in ChicagoNow, February 27, 2014 I don’t know my fellow ChicagoNow...

Published in ChicagoNow, February 25, 2014 “It’s confusing and I only kind of liked it,” was my 7-year-old granddaughter’s initial...