A bicentennial rosebush
Suzie and Kitty Carson’s rosebush bloomed early this year. It usually achieves its annual outburst in June. This year, perhaps a nod…
A new algorithm for living
A friend of mine recently suggested we need a new algorithm for life. Our current algorithm? If you like _____, you’ll also…
Race, housing and headway
Cory Wesley and Jim Taglia are both right when it comes to the proposal to reshape a core element of Oak Park’s…
Making antiques cool again
Odds and ends with some a bit odder than others: It’s vintage now: There was an extended period of time back in the 1970s and into the ‘80s when…
Free enough to feel free
When I was in grade school at Ascension, I would often gaze out the window. This was the peak of the Baby…
Thank you, and goodbye for now
I have had the great privilege to cover Oak Park for Wednesday Journal full time since February of last year. I’m sad…
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