Some people from my past have appeared in digital form in my present. Whether its a post on a blog or an unexpected e-mail, it’s been very cool to hear from them. One of those people has been my friend Judie. We began swapping e-mails this summer after a pause of several years. We’d been…

After two months of internet semi-fasting in South Florida, I’m enjoying some Internet Water Ski time (hard to surf here in the midwest) as I get back into the swing of my writing life. Here’s a few links I’ve visited this week that’ll give you a few minutes of thought-provoking and/or hilarious reading: Brent Hansen’s…

There’s nothing like a road trip, is there? Last week, I drove from west of Ft. Lauderdale back home to Round Lake. I did the drive in two days – 11 hours the first day, 15 the second. This is not recommended unless you have a titanium behind. Which, apparently, I do. Here are some…

One of the great, sad tragedies of my mom’s life was the story of how her adoption was hidden from her until weeks before her wedding. Her mother had died shortly after giving birth to my mom, and my mom’s distraught dad couldn’t figure out how he could work and care for a newborn as…

If only it were this easy. I won’t be able to click my heels together, Dorothy-style, and go home. Instead, I’ll be driving a 99 Toyota Corolla from Ft. Lauderdale to Chicago… …soon. Home.

My sister Jodi returned here to south Florida on Saturday, September 22. She was going to stay with my mom, and I was planning to return home for a bit before coming back here to take another turn hanging out with my mom. Within a short time after Jodi came into the house, my mom…