“Daley the son?” Lester snorted, “They’ll write books about him, Roger. Books.” Not even Lester knew that the announcement of Mayor Daley’s retirement would come today. And Lester knew just about everything. The press release said “Major Cabinet Announcement.” When the Mayor spoke today, there were eight reporters in the room. Afterwards, the eyes of […]
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A church gets a mysterious visitor and begins to heal as Mavis Staples and Jeff Tweedy sing.
Grandfather Youseef. No one knows him by any other name. He pulls his hands out of the hot soapy dishwater in the back of the Pakistani restaurant on Devon Avenue in Chicago on a hot and tired August night. He looks down from the map of Pakistan flashed by CNN on the crackling television bolted […]
On this 71st Birthday of the movie “The Wizard of Oz.” Something very strange just happened. A molten steel force of heat slaps the face of a simmering city of Chicago. So three lonely souls spotting separate shady benches in Oz Park, a respite of green on the north side of the city, all take […]
She arrived in Chicago on a slushy cold February day in 1947. A friend had told her to look up a writer named Algren. And in the tour of the underbelly, mean streets, dive bars in the Polish neighborhood of the city, and the walk back through the bitter wind to his tiny warm apartment […]
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Excerpt from: “FINDING WORK WHEN THERE ARE NO JOBS” From Part Two: Telling Your Story Chapter 4 INTRODUCTION Do you act differently when no one is watching? That’s a pretty tough question to answer honestly. How would you know? But what if you could know? Think of the self-awareness that would occur if you knew […]
O come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! Psalm 95:1 Nothing to eat or drink after midnight tonight because the surgery is tomorrow. That means no milk. And milk is the brave and strong little girl’s favorite. So sing out in prayer that […]
Excerpt from: “FINDING WORK WHEN THERE ARE NO JOBS” From Part Three: Adding Music Chapter 7 INTRODUCTION All of us have musical memories. Where we were when a song played. Remembering the words to songs from childhood. Music remains after much else has been forgotten. As you read this selection, consider the power of music […]