Hey, everybody! Drop by this Saturday between 10 and 2 to see that Caring Lessons and I have finally made it to the Printers Row Lit Fest. Special pricing for the Fest will be $10.00 (normally $13.99). We'll be located at the book tent labeled Y, as in Yes. Ever since Caring Lessons came out almost …
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Six hours ago, I turned seventy-two, so I am planning a long-weekend Gratitude Party.I will start my seventy-third year by hearing Jane Pauley talk about her new book, Your Life Calling: Re-imagining The Rest of Your Life , at a luncheon at the Union League Club. An appropriate title for a birthday celebration, agree?Soon after I …
Picture this. One day you're walking Chicago's pedway and the long wall across from Macy's on State is as boring as ever. Bland. No color. And a bit dirty.Then magic happens.Last week, I joined commuters racing on the pedway from trains to jobs and reveled in that long wall now bursting with color, excitement, and …
This is often the way God loves us: with gifts we thought we didn't need, which transform us into people we don't necessarily want to be. We assume religion is about giving a little of our power. Then this stranger comes to us, blesses us with a gift, and calls us to see ourselves as …
Fog blanketed our bus last week as we rode to see The Merry Wives of Windsor at Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier. Where thousands throng in summer, ice chunks float in winter. Top -- looking south from the north side of the pier; middle -- looking west toward the city; bottom -- looking south from …
Continue reading Views from Navy Pier, Chicago – December 2013
Maybe it’s because I lived in a glass house when I was growing up—a parsonage where the parishioners could always watch the behavior of the preacher’s kids—that I have developed a love for being irreverently reverent. I love to act out a bit. It’s hard to be perfect all of one’s life, so I happily …
Continue reading Thoughts on True vs. False Selves on a Snowy Day in Chicago
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I believe, along with “you are what you say” and “you are what you eat”, that “you are what you read.” So I was curious to read a recent Tribune article1 by Nara Schoenberg that cited Andrew Hill’s The Best Books You Will Never Read…Ever and listed the top ten. My immediate reaction was to …
Sir George Solti, former Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, received company in his namesake garden of Grant Park yesterday. These photos show the guests eager to mingle with all! Visit them at Michigan Ave and E. Jackson Dr. They will stay until spring. Let's hope they like our winters!
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