- Aug 21
A Salute to Mom’s Chocolate Cake on her Birthday
Finally reproduced her cake in 2015 A few months after my mother died, I decided to bake her chocolate cake from scratch. My...
- Dec 17, 2019
I’m a Sucker for The Nutcracker
Nutcracker on Ice 1993 Published in ChicagoNow, December 17, 2019 Nothing says holidays for me better than hearing music from The...
- Jul 8, 2017
The Last Doll
Published in ChicagoNow, September 8, 2017 You either love dolls or hate them. I am definitely in the doll-lovers camp. My mother adored...
- Mar 21, 2016
Saying Goodbye an Old TV
Published in ChicagoNow, March 21, 2016 I just bid farewell to what was once a marvel of technology, our 32-inch Panasonic TV. Back in...
- Feb 25, 2016
How Main Street Changed Over 40 Years
The notions department at Vogue Fabrics Published in ChicagoNow, February 25, 2016 When was the last time you saw a sales clerk write out...
- Jan 12, 2016
Boomer Nostalgia Puzzling Over the Spirit of the Sixties
Published in ChicagoNow, January 12, 2016 Guess what I found in the attic Sunday morning? A 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle called Groovin’...
- Jan 17, 2014
The Things They Leave Behind
Published in ChicagoNow, January 17, 2014 I recently found part of a love letter written to one of my daughters over 20 years ago when...