Feb 25, 2016
How Main Street Changed Over 40 Years
The notions department at Vogue Fabrics Published in ChicagoNow, February 25, 2016 When was the last time you saw a sales clerk write out...
Dec 7, 2015
Ten Ideas to Get More Folks to Volunteer
Published in ChicagoNow, December 7, 2015 Last week, I wrote about the decline in volunteerism in schools. It certainly touched a nerve...
Nov 30, 2015
Schools Ask Where Have All the Volunteers Gone?
Published in ChicagoNow, November 30, 2015 Schools seem to be struggling much more than in the past to find volunteers. With my deepest...
Feb 5, 2015
Looking at Diversity Through a Different Lens
Published in ChicagoNow, February 5, 2015 My youngest daughter was part of the last cohort of half-day kindergarteners in my community of...
Sep 11, 2014
Remembering September 11 — When Terror Came to Preschool
Welcome to preschool Published in ChicagoNow, September 11, 2014 The kids whose first day of preschool was September 11, 2001 are in high...
Jul 11, 2014
A School Principal with Principles – Warren Cherry
Posted in ChicagoNow, July 11, 2014 My mentor, Warren Cherry, died on July 11, 1990, twenty-four years ago, but his legacy lives on. A...
Apr 22, 2014
An Earth Day Tribute to Our Local Field of Dreams
Posted in ChicagoNow, April 22, 2014 I have lived in the same house in southeast Evanston for almost 40 years. Just two blocks away, at...
Feb 27, 2014
For Children Lost Too Soon to Childhood Cancer
Sammy's Memorial Garden Friendship Table in memory of Kaelan Published in ChicagoNow, February 27, 2014 I don’t know my fellow ChicagoNow...
Jan 22, 2014
Not Alinea But A 5 Star Experience for my Family
Published in ChicagoNow, January 22, 2014 Recently, we went out to lunch with three of our grandchildren and their parents. Thank...
Nov 25, 2013
Choose Kindness and Caring
Published in ChicagoNow, November 25, 2013 (Photo: José M. Osorio for Chicago Dental Society) Thanksgiving feels like the right time of...