Jul 27, 2023
Life is Not a Rubric
“Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.” Supposedly, Einstein wrote this on a...
Jul 12, 2023
Owning All of My Work
After reading an opinion piece in The New York Times debunking “maternal instinct” as a myth to keep women in their place, I considered...
Jun 20, 2016
Retired: The Forever Young Generation Retools
(Or why a seventy-year-old woman wrote her first book) Published in ChicagoNow, June 20, 2016 My younger brother just retired. So did my...
Sep 21, 2015
Writing My Book: Yikes It's September
Cartoon by Marcia Liss Published in ChicagoNow September 21, 2015 My writing journal is catching up with real time. This is a frightening...
Sep 15, 2015
Summer Vacation is Done but my Book is Not
Cartoon by Marcia Liss Published in ChicagoNow, September 15, 2015 My writing journal (AKA Bridget Jones’s Diary for Seniors) for the...
Aug 31, 2015
Writing This Book for my Mom
With my mom 65+ years ago Published in ChicagoNow, August 31, 2015 When I started this book writing project, I really thought I could do...
Jun 23, 2014
Blogging as an Encore Career – Reflections on my 100th Post
Posted in ChicagoNow, June 23, 2014 Wow, I can’t believe this is my 100th post on ChicagoNow. When I started back in September 2013, I...