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 […]

When Mike, Hanni and I decided to move from Urbana, Illinois to Chicago in 2003 we looked for a neighborhood that would be friendly, safe, and easy for Hanni and me to navigate. That’s how we found Printers Row. Printers Row is a tiny neighborhood in Chicago just south of the Loop. The buildings in […]