A story in the San Francisco Weekly last week described Tita, a Chihuahua service dog who works with a man suffering from bipolar disorder. A happy, feel-good story, except for one thing. Tita bites people. “She’s vicious,” Esler says with a smile, cradling the dog, which licks his face with abandon. Once the story hit […]
The great comments you left after reading my post about driving a Mustang convertible got me thinking. Maybe Chicago Public radio would be interested in airing a piece about my 80 mph experience. Most commentators read their public radio essays. But that doesn’t work for me. I can read Braille, but I’m very slow. So […]
You know her as the birthday gal who dances with younger men at jazz clubs, the sophisticate who insists on having a phone near the toilet when she stays in a hotel room, the athlete who bounces back from serious injuries – broken pelvis, for example – in record time. Now’s your chance to meet […]
The schedule for this year’s Printers Row Lit Fest is in today’s issue of the Chicago Tribune – I’ll be leading a Memoir Writing Workshop at noon on Sunday, June 7. June 7 (Sunday), noon Printer’s Row Lit Fest Memoir Writing Workshop University Center Multi-Media Room 525 S. State St. Chicago, IL www.printersrowlitfest.org Wanda Bridgeforth, […]
You’ve heard of an NPR show called Car Talk, right? Tom and Ray Magliozzi? Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers? Well, then you can imagine what fun it was to hear my talking computer sing out Doug Mayer’s name from my in box the other day. Doug Mayer is the head writer of Car Talk […]