Melynda Findlay Shamie
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Letter from the Editor: What I've learned during quarantineJul 09, 2020 1:00 am - Monday will mark 16 weeks of my husband Brian — who also works at the paper — and I working full-time from home during this quarantine. (oh, hush. It's been fine!) (REAL...
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Libraries, books and why I, an adult, hid behind a plant at House of BluesJul 02, 2020 6:00 am - Full disclosure: The Fourth of July-themed column I originally wrote had a pretty ... let's call it impassioned and also way-too-long-and-boring missive all about the Fi...
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Hello, Northbrook; we're here to serve youJun 22, 2020 5:00 am - Hello, Northbrook! You have no idea how great it is to finally be here. Although it's not like we're strangers. Our predecessor, the Cook County Herald, was in the are...
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Hello, Glenview; we're here to serve youJun 22, 2020 5:00 am - Hey there, Glenview! You have no idea how great it is to finally be here. Although it's not like we're strangers. Our predecessor, the Cook County Herald, was in the a...
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Stir Crazy Cooking: Tacos when you're out of almost everything? You bet.Apr 29, 2020 6:03 am - Taco Tuesday? Amateurs. Every day is potentially a taco day in the Findlay-Shamie household. Name a meal, and my husband and I have a taco - or a taco-adjacent item - th...
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Today's recommended read: "Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things"' by Jenny LawsonApr 28, 2020 5:13 am - Oddly enough, one of the funniest books I've ever read starts out talking about being buried in the depths of depression and paralyzed by anxiety. "Furiously Happy: ...
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Today's Recommended Read: 'Sprinkle with Murder' by Jenn McKinlayApr 20, 2020 11:00 pm - Isolation, am I right? You're sad because you burned through "Ozark" so quickly. Apparently you're not the only one learning to bake bread, and now flour is the new toil...
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Let me eat cake? Eh, I'll passMay 20, 2018 7:00 am - I have a confession: I think maybe I don't like cake anymore. It truly boggles. I have always had a pretty legendary sweet tooth - I couldn't be trusted around frosting,...
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One of the keys to success? A lot of supportMay 13, 2018 7:00 am - I've written about how losing weight and getting fit is rarely a simple journey from Point A to Point B. You know what else? It's also not exactly a solitary pursuit. I ...
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My first 5K, part 2: I did it!May 06, 2018 7:15 am - YOU GUYS. I DID A 5K. Even a few days afterward, it's still fun to say — and it's so exciting to tell people. When I initially found out I'd be participating in the DuPa...