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Tidbits for Writers from the 10th Annual Creative Chicago Expo

On By Lois RoelofsIn chicago, memoir, writing2 Comments

Creative. I love the sound of this word. As a child in the forties and fifties, I don't think I ever heard it. In fact, the first emphasis on being creative that I encountered was in the late nineties when I read, then taught, Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way. Reading Cameron opened my eyes to …

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Aging Gracefully at Seventy

On By Lois RoelofsIn aging, chicago, memoir, nurse, RN6 Comments

When I first read Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique in 1970, I cried with relief. Friedan had interviewed suburban housewives and found many were not fulfilled as homemakers. That was me. And like others in these first waves of feminism, I, after some painful soul-searching (chapters 5 and 6 in Caring Lessons), ventured out of …

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