Nov
07
This won’t be a long post because I don’t have much to report. The news is dismal because there has been another mass shooting. I concur with today’s Chicago Tribune editorial, “How to help prevent the next gun massacre,” which concludes: “Each mass shooting in America is its own terrible story that can’t be undone. …
Jun
28
June has been flying by. Hope you have been soaring. Here’s some news. Congrats to Kerry Langan who has a new book of short fiction—My Name is Your Name and Other Stories, published by Wising Up Press. BTW, Wising Up has a call for submissions — Longer Than Expected: Adulthood After Life Threatening Childhood Illness. …
Oct
22
Big thanks to Kathy Buckland for these glamorous shots of Chicago. Kathy is a photographer from Glenview, IL, who goes exploring with her camera just about every weekend.
Oct
12
I give up. I spent the past few days trying to write a blog that was witty and timely. I wanted it to be smart like an essay by Roxane Gay. I hoped to get my thoughts together about the fuss over “Jonathan Franzen: What’s Wrong With the Modern World,” which appeared in The Guardian …
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