Archive for November 2015

Schools Ask: Where Have All the Volunteers Gone?

Schools seem to be struggling much more than in the past to find volunteers. With my deepest apologies to Pete Seegar, something has seemed to have “picked them, everyone.” For the past few years, the administrators of the preschool I founded have been telling me things are different these days. When the school started back... Read more »
By Laurie Levy,
November 30, 2015 at 10:40 am • 

About Writing: My November Writer's Block

#MyMindIsShot&WeNeedGroceries…MaybeTomorrow? Yes, I actually wrote that in an email as an excuse for not working on my book or writing something for my blog yesterday. Totally embarrassing and totally true.  Lately, I have found it much easier to stumble through Jewel than come up with an original thought. ChicagoNow Community Manager Jimmy Greenfield recently posed... Read more »
By Laurie Levy,
November 24, 2015 at 8:02 am • 

World Peace Day: Not So Much

Today, November 17, is supposedly World Peace Day, but November of 2015 has been anything but peaceful. The month began with the news of a Russian airliner with 224 passengers and crew, including at least 24 children, which crashed on its way to St Petersburg from Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh resort. On November 12, suicide bombers... Read more »
By Laurie Levy,
November 17, 2015 at 12:00 pm • 
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10 Truly Religious Things To Write on Your Starbucks Christmas Cup

OMG! A red and green Starbucks Christmas cup is not good enough. Saying “Happy Holidays” or failing to put up holiday lights is part of the war on Christmas. Really? How is this cup offensive? I’ll tell you what is truly offensive. Making a big deal out of the commercialization of a major religious holiday... Read more »
By Laurie Levy,
November 10, 2015 at 10:25 am • 

Gun Safety: A Tale of Two Grandchildren

Yesterday, I waited for my nine-year-old granddaughter after school. When she didn’t show at up our arranged spot for Mondays, I worried that she was confused and looking for me where I usually pick her up the rest of the week. And that was what happened. Never once did it cross my mind that someone... Read more »
By Laurie Levy,
November 3, 2015 at 1:46 pm •