This past Saturday, we finally moved into our apartment and slept here. As we made the last trip of the day down Thatcher Avenue toward our new home, Miika burst into tears, sad about moving away from her beloved Chicago house. I must admit that I felt a twinge of melancholy too, wondering if this [...]

Nothing is easy. These days are stuffed full and it seems like there’s no letting up, no overflow valve, just head to the grind. But, at least the breeze was over 60 degrees today and the sky was blue…relief from the deep dark winter we’ve been having.
I was zooming around running errands this afternoon while [...]

Lately I’m imagining a huge economic pendulum swinging back in forth through time between prosperity and poverty. I have vague recollections of long gas lines when I was a kid in the 70s and hearing the words recession. My mom and I lived on the fringes and we’d visit friends who were “living on the [...]

…and we’ll be starting to move…or camp! The walls are nearly painted, the floors are sanded, the kitchen cabinets, counter and sink are in… just a few more lights to install, a handful of electrical outlets, and the dust…arghh, the dust… but it’s finally starting to look like something other than a bombshell. Now the [...]