Recently, I’ve (inadvertently) sent some pro-Obama and anti-Pallin e-mails to pro-McCain people. My bad! I can understand that it annoys people (who have let me know), but is this an issue of free speech or bad form? In other words, should I be keeping my beliefs quiet, should I be more polite? Is this bad […]
I just received notice from Ken Swanborn’s widow, Janet, that the Tribune will reprint his death notice this Sunday with the line, “In lieu of flowers, vote democratic” reinstated. Ellen Glassberg of the Tribune said that she regretted the error, and Janet Swanborn graciously accepted her apology.
The Huffington Post also picked up the story:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/10/chicago-tribune-rejects-v_n_125351.html
A friend’s brother passed away last week, Ken Swanborn. While at the wake yesterday, the deceased’s sister told me how they wrote this line in the obituary:
“In lieu of flowers, vote Democratic.”
Somebody at the Chicago Tribune called and said they couldn’t print that. Since Ken Swanborn was a canvasser for Obama and a stand-up comic, […]
I’m in Belle-Ile-en-mer France at the moment, and I had to share this surprising fact.
At today’s rate of exchange (1€ = $1.57) we paid €3.80 euros (approx $5.99) for 6 organic eggs ($1 per egg). We also paid 3€ (appox. $4.71) for 6 oysters (.78 cents per oyster). Eggs cost more than […]
This Sunday in Lincoln Square (Giddings Plaza, Lawrence & Lincoln)I’m joining the MoveOn.org Bake Sale with some of my immodestly titled, Kick-ass Carrot Cupcakes. If you’re in the area around noon or later, check it out.
Oh, to do my bit for Barack in such a traditional female craft. Sigh.
I’ll be there for a while, because I’m then […]
Flying to San Diego
A couple across the aisle told me about
their son’s wife who suffered from post-partum
depression. Prozac meant nursing was out
of the question. They worried about him,
their first grandchild. They looked at Lulu, splayed
in the empty seat, sated and snoring,
and I thought of the tricks that Fortune played,
rendered mothers proud or irate or longing
for […]
Flying to San Diego
A couple across the aisle told me about
their son’s wife who suffered from post-partum
depression. Prozac meant nursing was out
of the question. They worried about him,
their first grandchild. They looked at Lulu, splayed
in the empty seat, sated and snoring,
and I thought of the tricks that Fortune played,
rendered mothers proud or irate or longing
for […]
I spent the weekend in Marietta, GA, just outside of Atlanta. The highlight of the trip was visiting my nephew Tommy’s fifth-grade class at Rocky Mount School. Another round of perfect questions:
“Will you remember us when you become famous?”
“Did you type the book yourself?”
“If you sell the movie rights, I think Miley Cyrus should play Penny.”
“And […]
Last Thursday night I headed down Berwyn Avenue for a commerative reading of Grace Paley’s work at Women and Children First Bookstore. The event was organized by Sandi Wisenberg, and I looked forward to seeing Rosellen Brown (a former teacher at SAIC), as well as Peggy Shinner, Sharon Solwicz, and others. The frigid air seeped under […]
Today Lulu and I had a grand adventure. We were on our way to her 15-month checkup, and I stopped at Harvestime to get some milk. It was one of those Classic Chicago winter mornings, sunnier than June, with no leaves to block the sun, but only 12 degrees , with a -10 windchill. Is there anything […]
