Structural Weakness

Structural Weakness

My house in Morton Grove, Illinois was built in 1954. It was a one-story ranch and I bought it from the estate of the original owners. The yellow kitchen was walled off from the living and dining rooms. I planned to renovate with that most common of renovations—reduce...
Change + Resources

Change + Resources

This virus is changing us. We start our conversations with, “How are you?” and we mean it. We start our emails with, “I hope you are well,” and we mean it. We are being reminded of what matters and what is less important. Even though some are hoarding toilet paper,...
Correction + Protection

Correction + Protection

I’m not yet ready to go back to our theme of finding our True Selves. This post is a continuation of the last one,  there will be another one along these lines next Sunday, and then we’ll ‘return to our regularly scheduled programming already in progress.’ Correction...
Calm in the Waves

Calm in the Waves

Because of things that are swirling—coronavirus and financial markets—I want to interrupt our series on finding our True Selves and go elsewhere. Wall Street, New York City, 1929 We learned in US history class that when the stock market crashed in 1929, some people...
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