Dear Avid Reader, I know it exists. LOVE. It is in the little things. It passes like time. Last year in the month of February, I rode the ALL ABOARD THE Valen-TRAIN! from my village to the city. On each seat was placed, in a precise manner, a Valentine with a cartoon image of aContinue reading “Le Temps Passe”
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For the Love of Reading Books
Dear Avid Reader, A section of The Birch Chronicle that delights me repeatedly is Diane’s Book Reviews. This offering is important to me because I believe reading is one of the best activities we can inhabit for our own well-being as well as the well-being of humanity. It can also be one of the hardestContinue reading “For the Love of Reading Books”
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”
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