An Evening of Theater at the Juvenile Detention Center
2018-06-18 – Friday evening, Kit and I dropped by the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center at Hamilton and Roosevelt Road to catch a preview performance by the Temporary LockDown Ensemble […]
Tag Archives: Family
LGBTQUIA+ . . . ROYGBIV
2018-06-11 – Roy G. Biv is a mnemonic for the colors of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. Not all languages have words for these exact colors. […]
Mulch Season Is Coming
2018-02-26 – Mulch season is coming. It’s still February, but the weather forecast predicts a couple days in the fifties. I had my bike tuned up last week and it’s […]
My Latke Recipe—Better Late Than Never
2017-12-20 – Hanukkah ends tonight at sunset, so you might not have use for this recipe until next year. But I made latkes last night and they turned out well. […]
If We Can’t Have Minor Disagreements, We’ll Have Major Disagreements
2017-12-07 – One of yesterday’s Internet memes was a video of John Oliver discussing sexual harassment with Dustin Hoffman (warning: the audio is terrible). My first reaction to this was […]
We Made Mud Pie, But Not for You
2017-11-23 – I just got finished making this year’s mud pie. Yes, the tradition goes on. And here’s another tradition I just made up: my annual mud pie post. (Well, […]
The End of Vacation
2017-09-14 – I’m back from vacation. I should have written this on Monday. I was back from vacation on Monday. But vacating is exhausting. So I didn’t post on Monday. […]
I Need a Break
2017-08-17 (18) – I need a break. So I’m taking one. Tomorrow will be my last day in the “office.” Saturday, we are leaving the house and animals under the […]
College Graduations Remind Me of Yom Kippur
2015-05-15 – College graduations remind me of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement—a big crowd and a long ceremony devoted to examining your life. You’re probably a little hungry, […]
For Better or For Worse
2017-02-02 – “For better or for worse.” Lately we’ve been talking a lot about “the worse.” It appears that our country is heading into bad times. We’ve all said “I […]
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