Billboards around Chicago promise ten years in prison for purchasing a gun for someone else. It’s the ‘don’t lie for the other guy’ campaign. They appeared all over the city... almost overnight. In Wrigleyville, they are right next to cheeky beer slogans for baseball season. It’s a weird this-bud-is-for-you-but-that-gun-isn’t vibe. Playfulness meets darkness. The rally against ...
The Fourth Walsh
Theatre with a side of life
Category Spinster Says
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Deer Friends
“Doll, Billy killed a deer. Be a lamb and come over for venison.” When you get an invite for dinner, you go. As I get older, I appreciate more and more when I am the recipient of a home-cooked meal. Partly, it’s because I have limited culinary skills. Eating at home for me can be a satisfactory ...
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Happy 1393
Last night, we partied like it was 1393. Maryam and Keith hosted a traditional Persian New Year’s dinner. Nowruz starts on the first day of Spring. Maryam and her sister Sarah, both of Iranian descent, cooked a Persian meal of their favorite dishes. A chilled yogurt soup was served for a palate refresher between the flavorful dishes. ...
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Talk to me in 5 weeks
My parents were returned safe and sound yesterday. They had been sailing around South America for 5 weeks. I picked them up at O’Hare. They had a wonderful trip. And looked tan and relaxed. I heard about their cruise antics and port to port fun. Buenos Aires and Rio De Janeiro have been on my ...
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I was a ‘starter’ for a minute… maybe less
I’m actively participating in 2014 March Madness. I completed the bracket. Despite growing up in the state of basketball in Indiana, I’ve never actually had a personal bracket. I’ve always been happy to meet in a bar to watch a game but I wasn’t ever really invested in the ‘Big Dance.’ This year, I’m playing ...
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Compliments need a life
I’m a complimenter. I actively look for the positive in situations. And I comment on it. Some of it is surface stuff... ‘That shirt looks so pretty with your eyes.’ Some of it has a deeper meaning... ‘Your passion for the cause inspires me to be a better person.’ Last week’s challenge in “How to Train a Wild Elephant,”was to compliment ...
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Grateful for this eclectic mish mash
“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.” – Denis Waitley The Wellness Committee at work emailed that quote out yesterday. I loved it. It parallels my desire to live in the moment. No matter what is going on in ...
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Slainte!
When I was a fourth grader, my class was learning about cultures. We were each to dress up in ancestral attire and talk about our family’s coming to America story. I was delighted. I imagined I would wear a crisp, white frock covered in green shamrocks. I saw a wreath of shamrocks and white flowers on ...
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Where in the world is Katy?
Seventies Saturday flashback! We certainly all look like dour Catholics in the making... yikes! This picture has haunted me for years. I pick myself out quickly because I'm throwing off the uniformity of the situation. Foreshadowing to my life's true essences, indeed!
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The unrequited life of a pretend musician
A few weeks back, Tommy J suggested I’d like the musical group A Great Big World. He was right. I changed my Pandora station to select their music and bands with similar sounds. Music influences my mood. And my mood influences my music. A Great Big World radio station is both uplifting and centering. The ...