Back in march I wrote a blog post explaining why online memoir-writing classes wouldn’t work for me. Five months later, I’m leading three classes a week via Zoom. What happened? I learned to accept help from writers who were offering to help make it work. Sharon kindly volunteered to lead the Wednesday “Me, Myself & […]

I am pleased to introduce Hank Bliss as our featured Saturdays with Seniors guest blogger today. I’d intended to wait until November to publish the essay he wrote for my “When I Ceased to be a Child” prompt, but after the Democratic National Convention this past week I decided now is the time. by Hank […]

I am pleased to introduce Anu Agrawal as our Saturdays with Seniors guest blogger today. Anu immigrated to America from India in 1969 and is a writer in the “Me, Myself and I” memoir class that is meeting via Zoom now. Her husband Pawan sat in for a while when the class was meeting at […]

I am pleased to feature Janie Isackson as our Saturdays with Seniors guest blogger today. A retired educator, Janie is in the “Me, Myself and I” memoir class that used to meet at the Chicago Cultural Center — it now meets via Zoom. The class counts on her for book suggestions, and Janie generously agreed […]

I am pleased to introduce Veronica Cook as our Saturdays with Seniors guest blogger today. A former nun, Veronica worked at the Northern Trust Bank for years before retirement. Happily married and a longtime resident of Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, she says one of her most valued achievements was leading a task force to successfully […]