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What Labor Day Means to Me . . . Million Dollar Red in Men’s Work Clothes
During the year, the hard work of all the laborers around our family dinner table was lost on me. Except for Labor Day weekend when we celebrated the working life.
My grandfathers, father, mother, aunts and uncles were all union laborers. To me, Labor Day is for the people that keep this country and its economy […]
Turning 17 on the Trails
Turning 17 isn’t quite as momentous as becoming 16, 18 or 19. It’s an odd number with not much attached to it.
In the 70s Janice Ian sang, "I learned the truth at 17 that love is meant for beauty queens."
For Phoebe’s it’s not the number, it’s what the year brings: senioritis, college applications, an endless […]
55 Drumrolls Please . . .
Thanks to the Chicago Tribune, Glen Ellyn Sun and Daily Herald for their coverage of this event sponsored by First Church of Glen Ellyn, a United Methodist Congregation.
Last Sunday, the street in front of 424 Forest Avenue in downtown Glen Ellyn was barricaded. In Glen Ellyn, there are only two ways to do that: […]
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