DJ Mermaid rides Horses? Who knew?! by DJ Mermaid My life isn’t a Western cowgirl movie where girls get to ride around on horses screaming like dying banshees. I do have Walk On Farm to my advantage though. Walk On is a horse riding farm hubbub dedicated to helping Americans with cognitive and physical disabilities. […]
“Books are like old friends that you can confide in.” -DJ Mermaid I have two favorite books that are all time American Classics and are a pleasure to read. They are Charlotte’s Web and To Kill a Mockingbird. Here’s a sneak-peek into why I like these great books. Charlotte’s Web: “I dare say my trick […]
This is the time each year when Flo (my mom) would get out her ceramic Christmas bowl and fill it with ruby-red anise candy for the holidays. Smart woman, that Flo. The spicy taste of the hard candy was not terribly appealing to us kids,which meant we didn’t sneak it when she wasn’t looking, and […]
Realizing I wouldn’t be able to see when his schoolfriends raised their hands to ask questions, my six-year-old great nephew Ray volunteered to help me call on kids in all three of the first-grade classes we visited at his school yesterday. All of the first-graders at Westmore Elementary had read Hanni and Beth: Safe & […]
It’s been a very happy week here in Chicago. Ours started last Friday, when Mike and I took an el to Schaller’s Pump on the South Side to watch a playoff game. Schaller’s Pump has been at 37th and Halsted since 1876, and from Mike’s description it hasn’t changed much since then. The bar is […]