I am pleased to feature author Regan Burke as our Saturdays withSeniors guest blogger today. News stories this month inspired me to assign “Transition Team” to her writing class this past week. “Focus on a significant change in your life,” I told them. “Who helped you through?” The long-awaited publication of Regan’s memoir In That […]

As is common these days, my thoughts are fragmented. And so is today’s post: I give you a sample of females that are by my lights, fantastic. First, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was asked whether she was an originalist when it comes to interpretation of the U.S. Constitution. Originalism aims to follow how the constitution […]

This past weekend in our Printers Row neighborhood was Chicago autumn at its most glorious. Radiant sun and chilly breezes all at once. There was less produce at our little farmers market, because you know, that’s how it goes here. People were out in droves, and except for masks, it felt a lot like last […]

To honor what would have been John Lennon’s 80th birthday yesterday, I asked writers in my memoir classes to choose a Beatles song title and use that as the title of their 500-word memoir.  A few writers came back with essays about being “back in the USSR,” one wrote about how they “should have known better, […]

Back in April, while I was still hospitalized for COVID, Chicago Tribune columnist Heidi Stevens wrote a piece about Beth’s plight, and my own.  Back then it took three tries for me to get a test, and I only got the result the day I checked into the emergency room. I just reread it, and […]