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

Savannah was very tolerant Published in ChicagoNow, December 18, 2018 Yesterday, I had to pick up my granddaughter from middle school so...

Published in ChicagoNow, December 4, 2018 I just gifted my great niece with one of the flower girl dresses my granddaughters had worn for...

The Bellagio - fakery on a grand scale Published in ChicagoNow, November 21, 2018 Just checked Las Vegas off my bucket list. My husband...

Published in ChicagoNow, November 13, 2018 My grandkids who live in another state had an e-learning day last week when their school was...

Published in ChicagoNow, November 6, 2018 Here’s what Facebook tells me about many of my posts on my “business” page Still Advocating:...

Published in ChicagoNow, October 25, 2018 As I am writing this, a total of ten pipe bombs addressed to critics of Donald Trump have been...

Published in ChicagoNow, October 23, 2018 I loved my fifth-grade teacher, Martin Hollander. He told us our class was a democracy in which...

The Happy Ending to the Evanston Park School Playground Story Published in ChicagoNow, October 18, 2018 “The future which we hold in...

Games my Mother Played and Why I don’t Play Games By Laurie Levy, October 11, 2018 It is the sounds that are etched in my memory. Tiles...

Published in ChicagoNow, October 4, 2018 October is Bullying Prevention Month. How fitting that, on October 2, our Bully-in-Chief, Donald...