Oct 11, 2018
Learning to Play Mahjong
Games my Mother Played and Why I don’t Play Games By Laurie Levy, October 11, 2018 It is the sounds that are etched in my memory. Tiles...
Aug 18, 2018
Celebrating a Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary
Published in ChicagoNow, August 28, 2018 In high school, my wonderful English teacher, Miss Young, made us memorize a Shakespearean...
Aug 5, 2018
Happy Sister Day
Published in ChicagoNow, August 5, 2018 As a woman who has two younger brothers (whom I love), I always yearned for a sister. For my...
Jul 25, 2018
Starting School: My Earliest School Memories Were Not So Happy
That smile vanished when I entered the school building Published in ChicagoNow, July 25, 2018 Do you remember the cloak room or folding...
May 29, 2018
Treasures from a Junk Drawer
Published in ChicagoNow, May 29, 2018 Can anyone guess what this is? I’ll give you a hint. It’s something I may have packed in a suitcase...
May 11, 2018
A Multigenerational Mother’s Day Tribute
My grandmothers in their early sixties – younger than I am today! Published in ChicagoNow May 11, 2018 My grandmothers had hard lives....
May 2, 2018
My Love Affair with the Tooth Fairy
Published in ChicagoNow, May 2, 2018 My parents had a remarkable system for the tooth fairy. Each time my brothers and I lost a tooth, we...
Jan 3, 2018
Following my Mother's Recipe
Proving to two of my granddaughters that I could bake Bubbe’s cake from scratch Published in ChicagoNow, January 3, 2018 Recently, I...
Oct 31, 2017
When Did Halloween Become Such a Huge Deal?
Halloween 1979 – a simpler era Published in ChicagoNow, October 31, 2017 When did Halloween evolve into such a huge deal? I have a hard...
Aug 25, 2017
Visiting Detroit: You Can Never Go Home Again
A Google Earth view of how the street I lived on as a child looks today Published in ChicagoNow, August 25, 2017 Well, that’s not totally...