Category: Rants and Raves

  • Friday’s Truths – Who does the watching?

    We are now moving very steadily into the heart of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere. The signs are evident: The leaves are returning to the trees. The birds and the squirrels are coming out of hiding and demanding their treats. The flowers are poking up. The front lawn gets mowed every weekend – and TruGreen…

  • Friday’s Truths – Sometimes, they just need to be acknowledged

    We’ve come to the end of another work week.  Yay for the weekend! I look back at my day and ask, “What did I learn today?  What are the truths that came out of everything?”  Well, here is my list for Friday, March 16, 2012. If the numbers look out of whack – and people…

  • It’s actually pretty…until you have to drive in it

    So Chicago got hit with its second snow storm of the season. We were warned. We knew it was coming. The news this morning while getting ready for work and then later while driving to work informed us that all 365 of the salt trucks and plows from IDOT and Streets & Sanitation were already…