NPR commentator Beth Finke is an award-winning author, teacher, journalist and a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts grant. She also happens to be blind. VIDEO: “What’s it like to go blind?”
“To face extraordinary challenges with grace and courage is remarkable in itself. To write about it as eloquently as Beth Finke does is a gift.” — Jean Thompson, author of She Poured Out Her Heart
Hey all! As that poppy America song goes, “I’ve been one poor correspondent.” I’m afraid I let myself lapse into one of those phases in life where I succumbed to the sense that I’m too busy to do the things that’d I really like to do. And this little blog is something that I’ve always […]
Continue reading the Mondays with Mike: The Waiting GamearticleMondays with Mike is back! It’s–about the time I thought I’d get back in the Mondays rhythm, life happened and, well, apologies for the absence. There’s a backlog of blog ideas, but for today, I’m going to stick with something that maybe has been going on for a while but I’ve just noticed: The proliferation […]
Continue reading the Mondays with Mike: The wide, wacky, world of sportsarticleHere in Chicago, tomorrow is a primary election. There are candidates for judges and state’s attorney and property tax board of reviews and, oh yeah, President. The elections with judges always require some research about who’s been approved by the Chicago Bar Association and, depending on your point of view, endorsed by the advocacy group […]
Continue reading the Mondays with Mike: Progressive idea or shell game?articleWhat’s on your mind? I’d love to hear from you.
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