With many of the seniors in my Zoom memoir-writing classes away on Spring Break now,so I am pleased to have 14-year-old Anja Herrman as a guest blogger today. I got to know Anja very well when she was nine years old and learning at home during a casting program (casts on both legs from her […]

I have a friend who grew up on Long Island whose mother lived in a nursing home in New York. Lived, as in past tense. She died of COVID last year. Now, she lived a very, very long life—she made it to 99 (she would’ve been 100 last week). Still, my friend was suspicious, skeptical, […]

My post suggesting that clearing snow off sidewalks should be as important as clearing streets after a snowstorm got a lot of comments from empathetic pedestrians. Many wondered if any local organizations are working on issues about keeping Chicago sidewalks walkable in the wintertime. And the answer is…yes!

I am pleased to feature Howard Marks as our Saturdays with Seniors guest blogger today. After graduating from the University of Illinois-Chicago (and serving as editor-in-chief of the student newspaper) he worked at the Chicago Today and the Chicago Tribune and received a Master’s Degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. Semi-retired in Washington, D.C. now, […]

A couple of the responses I got to the post I wrote about the high cost of insulin were so encouraging and helpful I thought I’d share them with you blog readers today. First, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) wrote to let me know they have partnered with dozens of other organizations to create […]