Chicago – Getting Older: Charting the Uncharted

Back to Chicago: A Second Chance

My friend Lois and I went back to Chicago a year after she fell, face first, onto a Michigan Avenue street, replacing a girl’s weekend getaway for an overnight at Northwestern Hospital and sequestering in a hotel room at the Hampton Inn for the remainder of the weekend. We both boarded a plane home two…… Continue reading Back to Chicago: A Second Chance

Holding on to the Clothes I Love

I’m wearing my favorite old T-shirt today. Although it’s dark navy, it’s comfortable in our current humid and hot North Carolina summer. A picture of Louis Sullivan, a Chicago architect, sits across my chest and under his picture is a script: Form Follows Function. I love the material. It’s gauzy but not too light. It’s…… Continue reading Holding on to the Clothes I Love

Blogging from A to Z April Challenge: J

Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable J is for Jump The older woman stood in front of me, hands on her hips, “You know old people can’t jump.” Frankly, I didn’t. She had taken part in an exercise program I choreographed to the oldie’s songs that included a couple of jumps. I was…… Continue reading Blogging from A to Z April Challenge: J

A Fitting Award

“Marv Taking Charge” is a finalist for Book of the Year in the Chicago Writers Association’s Indie Nonfiction category.

Surreal Experience: A Fall in Chicago

In a Chicago minute, our plans turned upside down.

The Joys of the 80s.

When I woke up today I was 81 years old. Well, officially I turn 81 at 3:30 pm or so my mother had told me. I’m headed out to meet my Jersey City friend, Carol, for lunch at our favorite Asian restaurant. We met when we were four years old. As adults, and living in…… Continue reading The Joys of the 80s.

Photos of the Patients I wrote about in my book: Stories from the Tenth-Floor Clinic: A Nurse Practitioner Remembers

This past Saturday, I received a box in the mail filled with old photos. The nurse practitioner who took my place when I left the Senior Center sent this delightful surprise. “Rita Wisniewski” (I changed all names in my book except for my immediate family) said in her note that sending me the pictures of…… Continue reading Photos of the Patients I wrote about in my book: Stories from the Tenth-Floor Clinic: A Nurse Practitioner Remembers

Alphabet Challenge: W

I’ve signed onto The Blogging from A to Z April Challenge 2021. The challenge is to blog the whole alphabet in April and write at least 100 words on a topic that corresponds to the letter of the day. Every day, excluding Sundays, I’m blogging about Places I Have Been. The last post will be on Friday, April…… Continue reading Alphabet Challenge: W

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