City life brings surprises every time I leave our apartment. But our street reversal this past week not only brought surprises but almost took my life. Due to massive L-train station destruction/construction projects just west of us, our one-way street north reversed flow this week to one-way south. Since I drive very little, I thought …
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“You must love shopping,” a friend said at lunch. She’d asked what I was wearing to my granddaughter’s wedding and, before she could stop me, I told her the long story. You see, I love to shop for clothes. Years ago when I was teaching nursing, I learned that the most cheerful pick-me-up on wintry …
So, last time, I promised more posts about our river tour along the Danube, Main, and Rhine rivers. Well, internet remained sketchy, so I wasn't able to. More about the trip later, though. Now, back in my regular retired life in Chicago, I am pleased to present this review of a book written by nurse, …
"Pardon me," said the well-dressed older man. "But could you tell me when this festival got so big? Last time I was here, there were only a few tents. And today," he paused, his smile wide, "this is huge, and so many people." So began a conversation with a visitor from the East Coast last …
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Rook Creek Books Presents: Blake Hausladen & guest authors Lois Hoitenga Roelofs, Laura Enright, Frank Heiberger, Rachel E. Kelly, Florence Osmund, Norma Niemi Lundstrom, Mary Carter, Timm Holt, Tawn Krakowski, Janina Rusiecki, Bill Kennedy, Tyler Coulson, Victoria Noe, Lenore Janecek, Hope Russell Nunki, & Caroline Lee! Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest June 6-7, 10 …
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I was feeling pretty good about my plans for Mother’s Day. I knew both of my out-of-town kids would contact me and my day would be full—church, lunch out, piano concert. But an article I read about how women honored the memory of their mothers on Mother’s Day started to bug me. Those women had …
According to the American Nurses Association, the US needs 1.1 million registered nurses over the next eight years. If you are, or know anyone who is, interested in nursing, but don't feel you know enough about it to make a career choice or switch, the interviews of nurses conducted by The American Nurse Project are …
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Dear Readers, Last Saturday, WordPress informed me that I started this blog five years ago. After resisting for a few years while writing my nursing career memoir, Caring Lessons, and being told by writing teachers that I must start a blog, I stopped Helen Gallagher (teacher and blogger extraordinaire) after she gave a presentation at …
Proverbs 18:26 Friends come and friends go, but a true friend sticks by you like family. Readers of Caring Lessons know I was desperate to find a friend when I was in my early thirties, someone like me, a nurse and mom who wanted to go back to school. That friend turned out to be …
December 27, 2014 Dear Grand-four and Grand-five, You were over to visit this afternoon and I have to jot you a note. You are spending Christmas at Auntie Donna’s and seeing your dad’s family. But today your folks drove down here so we could see you on this trip. I wanted to have you all …
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