Tonight the Glen Ellyn Children’s Chorus gave away a most precious gift – a private concert just for the parents. I’ve lost track of how many parent orientations and open houses we’ve been to in September. [I can tell you that going to every soccer game this week easily ate […]
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Proving that anything can be celebrated, today is Talk Like a Pirate Day. According to the Talk Like a Pirate web site, "Talk Like A Pirate Day is an original concept created in a moment of temporary insanity by John Baur and Mark Summers." These blokes broke into the Yahoo! […]
Thanks to all of you who commiserated with me on my tablet’s recent illness. CompUSA pronounced my first convertible DOA at noon today when the machine failed to boot. Thanks fo CompUSA, Gateway’s gifting me with a brand new, or brand newly refurbished, Convertible Laptop. Tablet 2 will be up […]
One of the bigger events in town this summer was a visit from Animal Planet. I have to admit taking two teenagers and one already past the double digits made me feel, well, like a young(er) mom again. The enthusiasm the kids showed for the event was mirrored by my […]
Heading down the highway . . . We didn’t have to look far for adventure yesterday. It just kept coming our way. We woke up, rolled out the door and cruised down Route One to Hoopeston, Illinois, the self-designated Sweet Corn Capitol of the World (and probably the planet, unless […]
During the year, the hard work of all the laborers around our family dinner table was lost on me. Except for Labor Day weekend when we celebrated the working life. My grandfathers, father, mother, aunts and uncles were all union laborers. To me, Labor Day is for the people that […]
Turning 17 isn’t quite as momentous as becoming 16, 18 or 19. It’s an odd number with not much attached to it. In the 70s Janice Ian sang, "I learned the truth at 17 that love is meant for beauty queens." For Phoebe’s it’s not the number, it’s what the […]
Thanks to the Chicago Tribune, Glen Ellyn Sun and Daily Herald for their coverage of this event sponsored by First Church of Glen Ellyn, a United Methodist Congregation. Last Sunday, the street in front of 424 Forest Avenue in downtown Glen Ellyn was barricaded. In Glen Ellyn, there are only […]
This may be the only weekend of the year when my husband asks me to stop yelling at the TV. Of course, it’s okay for him to noisily cheer on soccer players, the Minnesota Vikings, Formula One racers, etc. with hoots that are more appropriate for an open air stadium […]
In the end, the practice paid off. . . the blue blur in the upper left hand side is the Glen Ellyn Children’s Chorus onstage with the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra and Chorus during the Carmina Burana performance on July 19 One of my more intriguing assignments this summer was […]
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