When we are mindful, we are aware, in the present moment, with intention and without judgment. In this COVID-19 era, it is easy to be swept up in the panic, fear, and the uncertainty all around us.

The offer by Oak Park Temple to become the seven-night-a-week host site for  Housing Forward's PADS shelter sits at the top of our long list of generous and humane steps...

What a moment. Frightening, frustrating, infuriating in about equal measure.

We broke the news last week that the Shaker family is considering selling its four buildings in downtown Oak Park. 

There is a window for bold change. Rarely does it open. And certainly that window will close if there is not discernible action, or just as certainly, if the bold action flops. 

Trump, as he often does when he has made a mistake or revealed his ignorance, changed course to claim that he knew all along that we were facing a pandemic. That is, of course, a lie. 

Even amidst this virus pandemic, there is so much hope and health available. Let's choose it. 

I  learned that wine is an integral part of French social life

If we're feeling anxious, it's likely our children are, too.