Every December the publisher of my book Writing Out Loud asks me to write a year-end holiday message to send out to people who subscribe to my newsletter. But this past holiday, I had writer’s block. Who wanted to think hard about 2020? What would I write about? Conference presentations that got cancelled? Visits to […]

I am pleased to Welcome Bill Gordon back today as our first Saturdays with Seniors guest blogger for 2021. Born and raised in Kansas, Bill lived all over the country during his nearly 50-year career in library and association management. When he retired in 2002, he was the Executive Director of The American Library Association, […]

I am pleased to introduce Mel Washburn as our Saturdays with Seniors guest blogger today. Mel grew up in Kentucky in the 1950s and graduated from Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana, where he met his wife Pam. He worked as a firefighter/paramedic in Wisconsin for ten years, taught English in various Midwestern colleges, graduated from […]

I am pleased to introduce Cynthia Jones as our Saturdays with Seniors guest blogger today. After a long career in nursing and social work, Cynthia officially retired in 2013 and, until this past March, had been working part-time at City of Chicago senior centers and a residential facility for people with chronic mental illness. With […]

I am pleased to introduce Nancy Lerman as our Saturdays with Seniors guest blogger today. Nancy has been in the Monday class I lead for The Village Chicago since it started in 2013 and has participated in a writing Program at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre for six years as well. That’s a lot of writing! Several […]