In Memory of My Mother on Our Mutual Birthday

January 17, 2015

Regal. That’s what folks would say. Like a queen, sitting on her throne. She sits, silently, in the right-hand corner …

Headlines Tell the Story

April 17, 2013

Investigators dig up clues burned in bomb wreckage Young lives lost in Boston blasts In the world of acts, the …

March 27, 2013

If you like to read, this challenge will intrigue you: write a list of the last five books you’ve read. Then consider …

January 31, 2012

From the Chicago Tribune yesterday: The Rev. John Buchanan retires from Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago. Sunday was a big …

January 1, 2012

It’s time to tell you that my “skip sugar” resolution for the month of December paid off. Three pounds lost. …

June 8, 2011

If you’re a reader and/or a writer, you would love the free, two-day Printers Row Lit Fest, the largest literary …

May 31, 2011

I was thrilled yesterday (5/30/11) to find an article titled “Jobs in Health Care on the Rise” in the Business …

August 14, 2010

I’m not famous. I’ve never been on the front page of any newspaper, unless I can count my president’s notes …