Lifestyle Columns
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Stir-crazy cooking: Nothing like mom's spicy tomato rice for comfortApr 22, 2020 6:00 am - Whether nursing a cold or dealing with the doldrums of COVID-19 isolation, nothing elevates my mood more than mom's home cooking. But with my 74-year-old mother confined...
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Good News: Wheaton workshop collecting cards, letters to send to military personnelApr 21, 2020 6:00 am - The cards and letters are coming in. After a plea went out last month from a Wheaton-based organization for families “staying at home” to write letters to the military, ...
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Constable: Happy to wave goodbye to the American handshakeApr 21, 2020 5:30 am - Amid all the death, horror, sadness, grief, loneliness, financial heartache and other miseries bestowed upon us by COVID-19 is the chance to change the way we do things....
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Before you forward that 'uplifting' email to homebound colleagues, think againApr 19, 2020 6:00 am - If you're lucky enough to be able to do your job remotely during the coronavirus pandemic, you may have been invited to participate in the Women's Leadership Exchange. I...
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Furnace blower makes too much noiseApr 19, 2020 6:00 am - Q: Our home has a 20-year-old furnace that works fine in all respects except one. When the blower is on, the rush of air is terribly loud at the intake grill in the hall...
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COVID-19 announcement prudentApr 18, 2020 7:00 am - Q: I am fortunate enough to work for an essential business, and I am still working full time away from my unit. I have a dog, and the board of our condominium associatio...
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Adopting a pet can help with the grieving processApr 18, 2020 6:00 am - Why do we love our pets? Let me count the ways. You have probably heard the phrase “eye candy.” I didn't hear it until a couple years ago. And at first I didn't understa...
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How community colleges adapting to COVID-19Apr 17, 2020 6:00 am - With the outbreak of COVID-19, the last few weeks have been many things; sobering, stressful, historic to name a few. We have all been affected in some - or many ways - ...
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Orthopedic docs do their part with 'telehealth' conferencesApr 17, 2020 6:00 am - Other than contracting coronavirus, the last thing you'd want to do at this time is twist an ankle, aggravate a knee injury or break a finger and head to an emergency ro...
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Sound check: Hit play on new releases from Fluorescents, Til Morning, ZORILAApr 17, 2020 6:00 am - Another week in quarantine means another week without live shows. But despite the adversity, Chicago-area bands are stepping up to express themselves and entertain the l...