Dear Avid Reader, Spring pollen is flying. April is fading. It’s tulip time on State Street in Chicago. I don’t grow tulips. Each fall I flirt with the idea. They would give my front yard a colorful lift. Once I bought bulbs to plant tulips, hyacinths, and daffodils with good intention to get them inContinue reading “The Smile”
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Half-Full
The Chicago air is crisp. Boredom is a luxury. Making time for kaffeeklatsch with my friend Matilda is a way of life. She and I hadn’t talked since before Christmas, so we were due to check in with each other yesterday afternoon for our kaffeeklatsch hour that turned into two. One fact about kaffeeklatsch: itContinue reading “Half-Full”
The Birch Chronicle 