I was asked to answer four questions and write an essay for Chicago Woman Magazine after being chosen as one of Chicago’s 50 Fierce outstanding women over 50. I turned to my dictionary, hoping to find a positive definition. I could not put myself into the fierceness category. The dictionary definition read, “Having or displaying an […]

We are leaving tomorrow to fly to Florida to meet our new pooch and his breeder. I am over the top excited, darlings, and am genuinely feeling an abundance of love for our little Sumo boy. And, I am just as happy to meet the woman who has been by my side throughout the last two months, […]

Friday, the 13th has come and gone. All is well in the Good home. I never doubted that it would not be a good day. I know Adam was expelled from Paradise on Friday, the 13th and died and was cremated. Eve served the forbidden fruit in her garden. Last Friday, the 13th, you may […]

I am back in my beautiful Chicago. I feel a calmness as I gaze straight ahead and see Lake Michigan out of the windows in our apartment in the sky. Its magnificence takes my breath away. I purposely turn my head to the right to look at the city skyscape, hundreds of buildings aglow in […]

A World of Yes! One of the conversations that Billy and I have often is how our chosen lifestyle makes us privy to opportunities. We remind ourselves that we take this vista of potential for granted much of the time. But every once in a while, it strikes us how circumstances can be rearranged in […]