As promised, here’s guest post #2 by DJ Mermaid. In our hour together this past week she and I discussed some of the positive comments you left to her post last week. She isn’t quite ready to respond online to the comments you leave here, but trust me, she does read – and reread – […]

Our friends Jim and Kathy Zartman invited Mike and me to a pretty cool event tonight. We’re going to a gala that benefits the Chicago School of Violin Making, and it sure sounds like my kind of party: Starts early – 6:30 p.m. Begins with a sampling of three to four wines Promises ”substantial”  Hors […]

In 1975 I was 18 and the world was my oyster. Actually, back then I’d never had an oyster, but you know what I mean. I was a freshman in a triple dorm room that was pretty much identical to a double room except it had a bunk bed and three closets. Forbes Hall was […]

Here she is, DJ Mermaid, with her first guest post. Everyone knows the rule: Only post on the Internet if you won’t have it bite you back later. That includes your personal information for some people. I am one of them. This is because I did a StoryCorps interview that went on NPR and then […]

I published a post here last week about some of the writers I recruited to put together guest posts about love and relationships for Easter Seals (I have a part-time job moderating the Easter Seals national blog). One writer I didn’t mention in that post is the nine-year-old daughter of a health professional I saw […]