It’s all about me
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It’s hard not to be thinking about the kids at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The victims and their families. I raised teenagers. It wasn’t always easy. My heart goes out to the parents who were frustrated with their kid that morning. The ones who said something unnecessary, something that flew out of their mouths…
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I’m in the final stages of book publishing and I feel good. Every time I read through my manuscript, I find something to improve… But I also find things that are pretty darn great already. And that is a fabulous feeling. February can be a rough month. Winter has outstayed it’s (one day Christmas) welcome…
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I’m having one of those days. You know, one of THOSE days. A day that starts out decent enough. Easy enough. Just fine. I often go over my plans for the day at the breakfast table. Coffee, the Chicago Tribune, and conversation with my husband. He leaves for work about 9 am and gets home…
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I’m kicking off 2018 with a piece in an art show! My main creative focus is writing, so it’s really exciting for me to spread my artistic wings every now and again. I’ll be part of a special show at the Karnitz Art Gallery, 223 E. State Street, 2nd Floor, in downtown Rockford, Illinois. The…
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If you look for the bad, You will always find it. I’m kicking off the new year wearing rose-colored glasses. I’m choosing to be optimistic, idealistic, and hopeful. Because if you look for the GOOD, You will always find it. Happy New Year. Adjust your view, makes your choices,…
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I don’t watch a lot of television. I watch too much television. It’s funny, because both of those statements are true. People talk about all their binge-watching and I can’t relate. I don’t watch The Good Doctor, the newest show I’ve heard everyone is watching. I don’t wait with giddy anticipation for the next “season” of…
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Last year, when a bunch of my friends and I all turned FIFTY, we freaked a little. Just a little, I mean, fifty is the new forty and all that. We’re a pretty defiant bunch, not gonna let age take us prematurely, we’ll go kicking and screaming into the elder abyss, but still…FIFTY. Well, we…
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When Anderson Bookshop announced at the end of June, that authors Stephen King and Owen King would be making a stop in Naperville on September 29, I put the time and date of ticket release on my phone calendar. There was NO way I was missing this event! Like many of…
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For my husband’s birthday, we went out to eat, to a show, and back in time. We joined a rowdy AARP crowd of Crazy 80’s people at the Arcada in Saint Charles, IL for the Retro Futura tour featuring Annabella (of Bow Wow Wow), Katrina (ex of Katrina and the Waves), Men Without Hats, Modern…
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