Here in the States, we like to drag our Independence Day celebrations out for as long as possible. There are many events and festivals in the Chicago area. Ours began last week with the local Trout Valley Fourth of July party, which actually took place on June 27, so as not to interfere with the other celebrations [...]
Entries from June 2009
June 25, 2009
Asthma
I’ve recently been diagnosed with mild asthma. After my oldest daughter was diagnosed with it, I began to do some research and learn more about it, and suddenly I found myself saying, “Wait a minute. I have those symptoms too.” It seems we are often more attentive to the health of our children than we are with [...]
June 16, 2009
Movie Competition: Half Truth
Readers, please take a moment to cast your vote in the NETFLIX – FIND YOUR VOICE competition. Specifically, please give five stars to “Half Truth.” My friend Steak, and her company Steakhaus Productions, is creating this film, which is a semi-finalist for the Netflix competition. If she wins, they get up to $350,000 in cash and resources to make the movie, and you [...]
June 10, 2009
Writing Again
I am on a writing retreat. During my last writing retreat, I was working on an entirely new novel (being only halfway through the first draft of the previous novel I’ve spent the past many months working on). The main character of this new novel suffers from the failure of technology all around her. She is partly autobiographically [...]
June 7, 2009
Imaginary Friend
My five-year-old spent the night at a friend’s house last night. In her absence, my two-year-old daughter clung to the security of her imaginary friend, John. She asked me set up a sleeping bag for him on the floor, so that she wouldn’t have to sleep by herself. He also joined us for dinner, a [...]
