Aug 21
A Salute to Mom’s Chocolate Cake on her Birthday
Finally reproduced her cake in 2015 A few months after my mother died, I decided to bake her chocolate cake from scratch. My...
Nov 22, 2023
60 Years Ago — November 22, 1963
It is my first “where were you when this happened” memory. On November 22, 1963, when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, I was...
Nov 2, 2023
Seated Around the Table Part Two: My Children’s Generation
Thanksgiving 1989 My children would probably say that I am a lot like my mother (pictured above). By the time they were old enough to...
Oct 10, 2023
Seated Around the Table
Part One: My Childhood At my writers’ group, we talked about a challenge suggested by Nina Raskin: Think about who sat at your table from...
Sep 13, 2023
My Hair-Raising Journey
This memoir is dedicated to my writing group I was born with black hair. Unlike my beloved cousin Annette, my mother didn’t have to cover...
Dec 17, 2019
I’m a Sucker for The Nutcracker
Nutcracker on Ice 1993 Published in ChicagoNow, December 17, 2019 Nothing says holidays for me better than hearing music from The...
Jun 18, 2019
Happy Birthday Paul McCartney
Published in ChicagoNow, June 18, 2019 Today Sir Paul turns 77. Yikes! I still remember, as if it were yesterday (pardon the pun) the...
May 14, 2019
Why Facebook Ghost Accounts are a Good Thing
Published in ChicagoNow, May 14, 2019 Recently, I joined a writers’ group in which many of us have talked about creating memoirs. Some...
Feb 13, 2019
The Letters: A Valentine’s Day Message From My Late Parents
Published in ChicagoNow, February 13, 2019 My mother bequeathed all of the love letters she and my father wrote to each other during...
Dec 4, 2018
The Dress and Family Ties
Published in ChicagoNow, December 4, 2018 I just gifted my great niece with one of the flower girl dresses my granddaughters had worn for...