What is New? My Pneumonia for One and Two
One door closes, another opens. I’ve always loved the symmetry of those words and the belief they establish. My only admonition is don’t have your fingers inside either door jamb when those doors close. In one instance last week I didn’t take my fingers out. I had been off kilter with who-knows-what since the previous [...]
Open House Visitors and Conversations about Chicago Real Estate
The folks who came came at the end, walked about the Lincoln Park home, and talked about what they are looking for. I, a pleasant sort, traded anecdotes with them about what they seek. And so goes another day in the Chicago real estate market.
a metaphor of self . constructing me starts early and never ends
subjective is the nature of life. so as children our songs are imbued at some point with words that suggest our grandeur. and we move forward tending the metaphor of self, grooming it and growing it. so are my thoughts on a second straight nice day in chicago thinking about my three year old’s song from the backseat yesterday.
from the morning’s darkness a voice emerged
Amid the early morning dark a single voice emerged from the darkness, a spring-boding bird whistling its plaintive song for my ears to hear, helping me to chart my course of hope toward the arrival of warmth and green. Now mixing metaphors and the like from Casablanca and Disney I go to the rest of the day imitating the feathered friend, whistling as I work.
Where Do I Want to Go Today? Showing Chicago Listings and Beyond
Where do you want to go today? The centerpiece of Microsoft’s 1994 ad campaign this question has rested well in my mind since. It conjures hope because the response is of my making.
