Olympic mistakes
Like our Over the Hill
columnist Joan Crosby, I am addicted to the 2010 Olympics. It has been exciting to watch the adventures of Minnesota-born Alpine skier Lindsey Vonn, winning gold despite a severely bruised shin. It has been uplifting to see Apolo Ohno win medal after medal in speed-skating— after warming up by yawning, no less. Full Story
Waiting and Listening
Come, O life giving Creator,
and rattle the door latch of my
slumbering heart.
Awaken me as you breathe
upon a winter-wrapped earth,
gently calling to life virgin
Spring.
Awaken, in these fortified days
of Lenten prayer and discipline,
my youthful dream of holiness. Full Story
Historical Reflections
Long and brutal winters
Fourteen miles up the Caribou Trail is Tait Lake. The roads around the lake, Cap’s Trail and Billie’s Trail, were named for my aunt and uncle, Mathilde “Billie” Petersen and Martin “Cap” Petersen. They once owned the land upon which today’s Tait Lake residents have built their homes. Full Story
Down Memory Lane
10 Years Ago ·
Feb. 28, 2000
• Directors of the Cook County North Shore Hospital said at their February meeting that they will consider changing the way the facility receives its annual funding, with the most likely option being the implementation of a modest sales tax. Full Story
Baby, you’re a character
The love of reading started for me really early, probably by the second grade. Until recently, I hadn’t realized the effect all this reading had on my life. Possibly some of it was subliminal. On close evaluation it appears that all of my children have names from characters in some of my favorite books. This realization came to me with the recent death of J.D. Salinger. Full Story
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