Archive for June, 2015

Mondays with Mike: Vincent Velasquez is a lucky man, and so am I

June 15, 20158 CommentsPosted in baseball, Mike Knezovich, Mondays with Mike, Uncategorized

Beth and I went to a White Sox game last Wednesday courtesy of their opponent that night, the Houston Astros. More specifically, courtesy of the kindness of Kevin Goldstein, and old friend who happens to be a bigwig in the Astros front office. (Beth posted about Kevin’s story a couple years ago.) The seats were […]

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Maps, memoir and food: Northwestern Summer Writers' Conference

June 12, 20158 CommentsPosted in careers/jobs for people who are blind, memoir writing, Uncategorized, writing

Hey, it’s time to sign up for the 2015 Northwestern Summer Writers’ Conference, a three-day institute at the end of July that’s dedicated to the creation and revision of novels, short stories, nonfiction, and poetry. From their web site: The program is tailored to writers of all genres, backgrounds, and levels of experience, and welcomes […]

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Their tooth fairy Is A lazy, shiftless hussy

June 5, 20156 CommentsPosted in Blogroll, guest blog, questions kids ask, Uncategorized, visiting schools, writing

You might recognize my friend Lynn LaPlante Allaway’s name: she is principal violist with the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic. Lynn wrote a guest post here after Whitney and I visited her kids’ elementary school, and your fun comments to that post helped encourage her to start a blog of her own called Backwards and in High […]

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