Laurie LevyLife is Not a Rubric“Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.”·5 min read·Mar 22, 2023----
Laurie LevyPandemic 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…·4 min read·Sep 30, 2021----
Laurie Levy“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…·3 min read·Aug 27, 2021----
Laurie LevyThe 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…·4 min read·Jul 30, 2021--1--1
Laurie LevyIs my Child’s Teacher Vaccinated?And do I have the right to ask?·3 min read·Jul 19, 2021----
Laurie LevyThank 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…·3 min read·May 27, 2021----
Laurie LevyDo 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…·3 min read·May 24, 2021----
Laurie LevyPlease Mr. PostmanIn 1961, the first version of the song Please Mr. Postman, the Marvelettes sang,·3 min read·May 12, 2021----
Laurie LevyNot 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…·3 min read·Mar 30, 2021----
Laurie LevyWomen’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…·5 min read·Mar 8, 2021----