I thought about just staying offline today — I misphrased something yesterday in a post that led to some neighbors’ online irritation with me (fully justified irritation, I think, given what they thought I was saying), so I’m feeling embarrassed and like I shouldn’t be let out on the internet until I learn how to […]
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Hey, how’s everyone doing? I’ve been checking in with my students — some of them don’t pay much attention to politics, others are very aware of what’s going on. Many are worried. I’m worried about them. I told them that I didn’t know what I could do to help, but they should consider me a
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I’m still a little annoyed that they quoted me without asking or warning me it was running; I suppose as an elected official in a public meeting, there’s no journalistic requirement that they do so, but I do sometimes speak ‘off the cuff’ in those meetings, not from prepared notes, and it’d be nice to
Oh, this is what I do at 11:30 p.m. on a Friday night, filling out another candidate questionnaire, this one from the Oak Leaves newspaper. Mostly the same questions as other questionnaires, although with a few differences: > Why are you running for election to the board? I’m finishing up a four-year term on the
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In local politics, three women have so far filed to run for Village President of Oak Park: Simone Boutet (current village trustee), Cate Readling (with the Park district), and Vicki Scaman (current village clerk). I look forward to hearing them speak at candidate forums in the fall, and learning more about their positions. (The library
There was a moment in grad school. Kevin and I had split up and I was desperately broken-hearted. I’d been getting up at 4 a.m. every morning to an alarm because it was the best time for me to concentrate, when the world was dark and still, writing by the light of a candle. I’d
This is how I feel this morning — blurry, but overall hopeful. It’s Diwali, and a friend dropped off some sparklers yesterday (thanks, Swati!), so I lit one up this morning. Diwali celebrates the victory of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, and good over evil. There are a host of results from last night
Two years ago, I dressed in suffragette white and took my daughter with me to proudly vote for America’s first woman president. I have a photo of us, standing in front of her school’s flag. This morning felt very different, and I almost wanted to dress in black — I am so full of grief
