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On Thursday, June 20, Senator Grant Hauschild and Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy visited several spots along the North Shore. Two of their four visits were here in Cook County.

Now that the J-1 workers have arrived, local businesses are better staffed than they were before these young folks departed last fall. Two churches have teamed up to offer these students meals to say thank you and greet them, as they have often traveled from very far away to arrive here.

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Water, water everywhere… In light of recent torrential rains, I’m focusing this column on water— facts, concerns, and actions. I measured 3 inches of rain at our house last Tuesday, and the West End got slammed.

The Show Stopper In the fury to grab our attention and keep it trained on them, folks have turned to superlatives. Now, I’m not saying superlatives are new.

Invasive plants can be quite the contentious topic and we all have our own views and experiences with them. This week, however, I invite you to maybe consider things from a different viewpoint. What if invasive plants are not “bad,” but simply misunderstood? Many of these “invasives” can be used as a food and are medicine for us humans and the earth. How can we even define what is invasive? No matter your final opinion, I hope that maybe this piece can help you to pull the Dandelions with a bit more curiosity and kindness, even if they do not end up on your dinner plate.

The long summer evening ends at dark, and our rough ritual is to do our business, I take my meds, set the alarm, me maybe reading or writing by a battery-operated reading light, Foxy tapped out finally under the bed, Daphne jumps up on the bed and gets snout-to-nose with me, and then me thinking and whispering and listening in the dark.