Thursday, June 30, 2011, started out like any other during the previous six months or so: Sword of Damocles hanging over my head as I…
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I pay attention to grammar and punctuation. It goes with the job, and more than that, I know the nun who taught 7th and 8th…
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A few weeks ago, former Will County judge Roman Okrei complimented me on a column he read in Farmers Weekly Review. I often have to…
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Summer is kinda like New Year’s, except a lot less cold. At least for now. As summer approaches, I make myself promises, ones I really…
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I’m a member of a Joliet Facebook group that discusses mostly fond memories of long-gone businesses, restaurants, stores, trips with their family after church or…
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I debated writing about this or how to write about it since I might be considered a whiny beeyatch. Or more so, anyway. But, after…
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A friend and I recently were talking about our mutual dealings with high blood pressure. I chuckled when I told her my cardiologist will ask…
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I’m sure most of you follow the doings of county government, including the County Board, with great fervor. But for the handful who don’t, let…
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Father’s Day is coming up. I sense a general scurrying among the family – inside the house and away – of what they can do…
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Around six years ago, I was sitting at a County Board committee meeting, ready to go into a smaller room for the next one. A…
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