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Last week, Kirk, my swim coach, pulled me aside after a lesson and told me, “Jean, in all honesty, I have to tell you something.” Oh oh....

Who knew that Mother’s Day was such a great day to run errands? She stood six persons back in line at the bookstore, musing idly as she...

Yes, I was writing another book. A book of poems, although later I would hire an illustrator. Things just kept happening, and I turned...

So there I was, sleepless in my bedroom, night after night, with my childhood nemesis, MOTHER’S JEWELRY, at the foot of my bed. I felt...

Who knew that Mother’s Day was such a great day to run errands? She stood six persons back in line at the bookstore, musing idly as she...

As I write this, I am not wearing any jewelry.  That’s because I’m still in my pajamas.  Early morning is my best writing time. However,...

I swim for exercise three to four times a week. I have a wonderful pool in my building, a quick elevator ride away. Lucky lucky me! So...

Yes, I have done a lot of bitching and ranting on this subject. I have often told people that in support groups, the two biggest topics...

Some months ago, I was contacted by Northwestern Hospital to take part in a study designed to deal with the side effects of Anastrazole,...

Today my husband and Ernie and I will be saying good-bye to our beloved kitty, Dally. We have had her for almost 21 wonderful years. ...

I have known my friend, Susan Harvey Culler, AKA “Ruby Susan,” since I was nine years old. I can prove it. I have a picture of Susan at...

The first time I heard “LatinX” used was a few years ago during a podcast from the Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center in Gurnee, Illinois. At...

In December, 2021, I deleted over 20 names from my Christmas letter mailing list. OK, I then had to scramble to put a lot of them back...

So the Illinois Catholic Church vastly underreported clergy sex abuse. See above. Now if the headline had read, “Illinois Catholic Church...

Apparently, it’s been a month since I joined the University Club of Chicago. My good friend Tom Andreeson was a member there, and he had...