Joni Hirsch Blackman
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Warm thoughts about Gregory Middle SchoolNov 05, 2021 4:35 pm - I can't remember where I first saw the news about Gregory Middle School's No Child Left Behind - Blue Ribbon School award, but I distinctly remember my reaction: What a ...
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The hidden benefits of 'efficiency'Nov 05, 2021 2:42 pm - Efficiency is a good thing. I strive for efficiency. I'm in awe of very efficient people. But in the past year or two, the efficiency I really value is fuel efficiency....
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Eating is even better as a familyNov 05, 2021 12:15 pm - From the first moments they arrive in the world, kids love to eat. Some more than others, of course, but in general on the spectrum of things kids like and dislike, eat...
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Key to my organization vanishesNov 04, 2021 8:54 pm - I can take the fact that my younger son graduated from high school and my daughter got her driver's license within a month of each other, but one more change this summer...
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Get involved in helping chained dogsNov 04, 2021 3:33 pm - Have you won anything yet? The new trend of printing a survey on the bottom of nearly every retail receipt started out somewhat tempting. Answer a few questions about yo...
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Some thoughts while wandering Naperville streetsNov 04, 2021 2:43 pm - As I walk around Naperville with our dogs, I often notice things that get me to wondering. Sometimes I can make a few calls and get some answers. Other times, it's not s...
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End of carpooling gives summer that old lazy, hazy feel againNov 04, 2021 12:14 pm - Summer. The simple word itself is enough to spark visions of sunshine, warmth, long days, swimming pools, bicycles, screen doors and flip-flops. Notice no mention of c...
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Here's a big salute and a few tears for 'little boys' who are graduatingNov 04, 2021 12:35 am - In 1989, a strange thing happened. I was pregnant (OK, that's not so strange, I already had a 3-year-old), but so was nearly everyone I knew. Well, not the men -- that ...
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Boys transform into men -- if only for a few minutes -- at tux storeNov 03, 2021 9:30 pm - When I was a little girl, I only ever wanted to be one thing -- a journalist. When a child at a career day presentation once asked me what else I had considered becoming...
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Voters to blame, not board, for Metea messNov 03, 2021 7:11 pm - Apparently miracles in the 21st century don't happen quite like they did in the old days. As they say, the impossible takes a little longer. But perhaps (nothing is ever...