My blog posts
Please don’t ask me what’s for dinner!
A recent post that rolled by on my Facebook news feed featured an interview with the one and only Aretha Franklin. The interviewer asked what she found most difficult during the course of an...
Who’s good enough for the good china?
When I was growing up, I was crazy about horses, an animal that a rare commodity on the southside of Chicago. I read every book about horses I could find in my library: Misty...
Zing! went my piano—and heart—strings
My husband and I have been renovating our house since we moved into it in 1989. After years of watching This Old House, we thought we were ready to tackle a little fixer-upper. We...
Here’s a Mai Tai Salute to You, Ma!
Many people view the start of summer as the time to rev up the frozen margarita machine. For me, it’s Mai Tai season. Actually, Mai Tai season for me starts on Mother’s Day. It...
