DJ Mermaid rides Horses? Who knew?! by DJ Mermaid My life isn’t a Western cowgirl movie where girls get to ride around on horses screaming like dying banshees. I do have Walk On Farm to my advantage though. Walk On is a horse riding farm hubbub dedicated to helping Americans with cognitive and physical disabilities. […]

I’d researched the issues. I’d studied the candidates. It was a primary election, not a general one. Voting yesterday should have been a breeze. And you know what? It was! I voted on my own in the Illinois primary election yesterday! The Help America Vote Act of 2002 mandated that voting systems provide some way […]

I’m exhausted hearing about, reading about, and thinking about the election. But when you stop and think about it, that’s a good thing. I’m engaged. People are engaged. Voter turnout has been strong, although still, in my view, pathetic. (Vote goddammit! Put some skin in the game. Invest. Risk getting burned – or this year […]

“Books are like old friends that you can confide in.” -DJ Mermaid I have two favorite books that are all time American Classics and are a pleasure to read. They are Charlotte’s Web and To Kill a Mockingbird. Here’s a sneak-peek into why I like these great books. Charlotte’s Web: “I dare say my trick […]

During Oscars week this year I asked the seniors in the memoir-writing classes I lead to choose a title of one of the films nominated for best picture and use it as the topic for their next essay. The Big Short: Know any short people with big personalities? Any stories about investments? Short circuits? Brooklyn: […]