Life is Not a Rubric“Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.”Mar 22, 2023Mar 22, 2023
Pandemic Reflections from a Grandparent: Fall 2021The summer that was supposed to be different, but wasn’t, has passed. While the days are still warm, darkness descends earlier and nights…Sep 30, 2021Sep 30, 2021
“I Think What We’ve Got Here is a Failure to Communicate”*A veterinarian told me things were awful at work. In addition to being busy seeing a huge influx of pandemic pets, everything took more…Aug 27, 2021Aug 27, 2021
The Vaccinated Are Getting Mad as HellI live in a blue bubble. Evanston, Illinois, home of Northwestern University, leans left. I live in a condo in which people still wear…Jul 30, 20211Jul 30, 20211
Thank You Eric CarleWhen I started teaching preschool in the early 1980s, my go to book was The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. The two and…May 27, 2021May 27, 2021
Do You Want to Sit in the Vaccinated or Non-Vaccinated Section?It wasn’t that long ago that I would be asked “Smoking or non-smoking” when I went to a restaurant. And I remember when airplanes attempted…May 24, 2021May 24, 2021
Please Mr. PostmanIn 1961, the first version of the song Please Mr. Postman, the Marvelettes sang,May 12, 2021May 12, 2021
Not Leaving on a Jet PlaneRecently, a college student who had spent a semester on the west coast needed to return home to the Midwest. Her parents had booked a…Mar 30, 2021Mar 30, 2021
Women’s Rights: What my Granddaughters Need to KnowWhen my granddaughter was twelve years old and had declared her intention to be the first woman president, she was shocked to learn that…Mar 8, 2021Mar 8, 2021