I never expected my next trip back to California to be tinged with sadness–well, other than sadness in visiting my in-law family and revisiting memories of Ken and the life we once shared when w...Read More
I haven’t been dreading this day as much as dreading it not being the kind of day I used to look forward to, but I guess that is no news to you. (You are the Universe, after all. All encompassin...Read More
(Four of THE most amazing friends you could ask for–like it or not. L-R, Kathy, Me, Tina, Alan, Retta – August, 2011) March 15, 1997 is a day that lives in infamy–at least for five p...Read More
I can’t believe the mild winter and seemingly early spring we’ve experienced in Chicago this year. Up until this winter, we’ve had increasing amounts of snow, culminating in last win...Read More
Yours truly (right) with author and friend, Claire Bidwell Smith (left–and moderately preggars) Most months, the first is a sometimes glaring, sometimes dreaded number appearing in the first squ...Read More