Yesterday’s Day to Day programon National Public Radio (NPR) aired a story called Helper Parrots, Guide Horses Face Legal Challenges. Day to Day, January 2, 2009 • Chances are you’ve seen a blind person accompanied by a guide dog. But what about a guide horse, a service parrot or a monkey trained to help an […]
There I was, happily baking bread on Christmas Eve morning, listening to Chicago Public radio, when a “public service announcement” came on plugging this week’s Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood Sweater Drive & Storytelling Festival! Hanni and I will be giving a presentation at that fest at 1 pm on Wednesday, December 31 — it was a […]
The great comments you left after reading my Christmas from Scratch post got me thinking. Maybe Chicago Public radio would be interested in airing a piece about our Grandma Moos and how she was a recycler wayyyy ahead of her time. And so, I rejiggered that post a bit (translation: made it shorter) and submitted […]
If you read my blog post last week, you know I teach a memoir-writing class for senior citizens in Chicago. A few weeks ago I asked the writers in my class to put something down on paper about the Great Depression. Only two of them — Wanda and Hannah — were old enough to remember […]
Every Wednesday, Hanni leads me to the Chicago Cultural Center to teach a memoir-writing class for senior citizens. Eighteen women, great names. Myrna. Sybil. Eldoris. Bea. They’d grown up on the south side, in the suburbs, in Italy, in West Rogers Park. Some have Masters degrees. One finished her undergrad at age 73. Many of […]