We owned an automotive repair business in Skokie over a decade, several years ago. It was 6000 square feet of old building right across from St. Pete's Church. 

The building had various incarnations, once a horse ferry turn around, then one of the original car dealerships in the ar… Read full post »

Mother –

Do not worry.

The pain of separation

I am about to feel is

Part of my journey to

Who I am and what I

Will become

My judgment must be

Honed by a series of experiences… Read full post »

In Our Time

For the beloved Bruce Tillinger, husband and father.

Days have come to end

Nights have spent their stardust

Dark it has become

And yet a fire burns bright

we turn… Read full post »

Moving into spring this year I was remembering the wedding of a young couple who chose Holocaust Memorial Day as their wedding day. At the time we had a business in Skokie Illinois and it was a decade or so after the proposed Nazi march there by the National Socialist Party… Read full post »

When I was in second grade we were living in a Chicago suburb. I had gone to public school for first grade here because when we moved here the Catholic school was too crowded to take me. So my first real Catholic school experience began in second grade. I was tall… Read full post »

Sometimes little parts of my past peek out and surprise me in the most unexpected ways. Today I went back to the town where I spent most of my growing up years. There is a doctor there that I have been seeing for some health issues I have. He is the… Read full post »

People wear the robes of their own upbringing and experience. At the high school age, there is an impression of who one might be destined to be. It is like a grand turning point for others. There is no real definition.

People cling to their rigid beliefs if they are reinforced… Read full post »

When you have children, there is a good chance that as a parent, you might be interested in their education. I grew up in a family that was first generation immigrants. My grandparents were new to this country and while they were from somewhat humble backgrounds in Europe, they were not… Read full post »

Creepy and scary is always good when you are looking for some mild diversion. This past fall my son went to study overseas in Lubeck Germany. Many of you have seen various tidbits about his stay there on this blog. 

I  have written some scary things on my blog in the past,… Read full post »

Stealing from a Corpse

There are so many things laced together with a death that you might find it hard to imagine the connections of some. For instance, when someone dies, who get their clothes? I remember one person who was rather odd. He kind of got hammered… Read full post »

Many times in the past they had raked the leaves and lit a fire to burn them. Now the rural area was building up and they did not want the smoky fires dotting the landscape any longer. It did not matter, the leaves were still gathered up and bagged, or… Read full post »

 "Welcome aboard Miss!" The first mate had greeted her warmly. It was her first voyage with her father to bring Christmas trees to the big city. The three mast schooner was loaded with the trees, a crew and a few lumber jacks who had paid their passage to come… Read full post »

 Running away was always the plan. It was the only way in which she felt that she could really breathe. Stuck in a life that only few would understand she was always anxious and pacing. Working on a plan to leave the confines of her cell, she could barely expect… Read full post »

The rusty knob was not turned in a long time. Behind the heavy hewn wood door a set of stairs led to the basement. A collection of household items were haplessly arranged around the cement floor. Square paned windows let in the only light, in spite of dirty films… Read full post »

Every night when the moon was full, the air seemed different. It was fall again and the sounds of the forest seemed to be more than crickets and distant hoots of owls. It was not a quiet place when the moon was full.

We waited each fall for this time.… Read full post »

There is a young woman who has spent some of her best years of her life plugged into a matrix of her parent's making. It is a place where there is room for misogynistic behavior, hatred, racism, and continued debasement of who she is. Resorting to a child like demeanor has helped… Read full post »

This is the essence of an interview by Mr. J. Larson. I am the subject of the interview. 

How long have you been creating your art? I have been an artist over 50 years, if you count from my earliest awareness. From the earliest age my activity distinguished me from my siblings.… Read full post »

It is true that all things, even good things, come to an end. There is no forever perfection in anything that is alive, as it changes, we cannot stop change.

While it is difficult to endure, it is not difficult to understand. We just don’t want to be involved in it,… Read full post »

I just picture it as a play, how it would be staged and how the feelings of those who were terrified would be portrayed. In the movies, on the screen; it is still too distant. We saw too much of it replayed over, and over, and over. We analyzed it,… Read full post »

 Listen up, you walk in the light because of the darkness these people went through. Do not undo the light of labor for the greed of the man.

Enjoy it, remember it and vote come November.

Copyright 2012 by SheilaTGTG55  Read full post »

Parting is such sweet sorrow.

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