What’s Next?

Contributed by bturner@highlightsofchicago.com A few years ago I was deciding what I would like to do when I retired from my educational publishing job. One idea was to go back to school and the other idea was to volunteer at the Chicago History Museum. Little did I...

Nature

A Poem By Janet G.   there’s a tree in the yard that has gnarled arms as if an arthritic stiffness holds her limbs in tight restraint her elegance is there, yet somehow compromising her beauty i have sympathy for her, though i know she doesn’t care...

Bringing Dreams to Life

Contributed by villagegirl92 I was born in Brooklyn, NY but moved to Florida shortly before my ninth birthday. In my forties, I moved to Manhattan for an amazing eleven years.  For one year, I lived near Gramercy Park, later I moved to mid-town, just blocks from Grand...