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Manage My Pain or Shut Up!
Some months ago, I was contacted by Northwestern Hospital to take part in a study designed to deal with the side effects of Anastrazole,...
Aug 11, 2023


Goodbye Kitty
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. ...
Aug 3, 2023


STILL CRAZY IN THE GOLDEN 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...
Jun 30, 2023


There is no "X" in Spanish
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...
Jun 26, 2023


Just Like Yesterday
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...
Jun 14, 2023


Why Am I Not Surprised?
So the Illinois Catholic Church vastly underreported clergy sex abuse. See above. Now if the headline had read, “Illinois Catholic Church...
May 29, 2023


You Cheeky Monkey
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...
May 10, 2023


Lost Count of the Sheep
A year ago last January, I asked my doctor if I should take a test for sleep apnea. I have been plagued by terrible insomnia most of my...
May 10, 2023


Don't Dick With Dragons
Perhaps I should explain that sign on my desk. It reads Jean “Don't Dick me Around” Cozier Soon after I hired Torrie Flink as a...
May 10, 2023


Rhythm and Rhyme and Parody Time
I have something of a trick memory for lyrics. As long as they rhyme, I’ll remember them for years. If it’s then set to a tune, I might...
May 9, 2023


ER-UM ABUSE
In the fall of 2015, I was in my home town of Garrett, Indiana, making a public gift of my Mother’s house and surrounding land to the...
May 9, 2023


Blood On The Sidewalk
Once my husband retired, we started working on our dream of living in downtown Chicago. (OK, it was mostly my dream, but Ernie liked the...
Apr 7, 2023


Why Making Matters
I made my first needle point project when I was 12. It was a doorstop with a white kitten on a maroon background. I worked on it during...
Apr 3, 2023
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