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Warm thoughts about Gregory Middle School

By Joni Hirsch Blackman
Nov 5, 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 perfect choice!
The hidden benefits of 'efficiency'

By Joni Hirsch Blackman
Nov 5, 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.
Eating is even better as a family

By Joni Hirsch Blackman
Nov 5, 2021 12:15 PM - From the first moments they arrive in the world, kids love to eat.
Key to my organization vanishes

By Joni Hirsch Blackman
Nov 4, 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 is more than I can handle.
Get involved in helping chained dogs

By Joni Hirsch Blackman
Nov 4, 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 your experience and have a chance to win $500, $1,000 or more!
Some thoughts while wandering Naperville streets

By Joni Hirsch Blackman
Nov 4, 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 so easy.
End of carpooling gives summer that old lazy, hazy feel again

By Joni Hirsch Blackman
Nov 4, 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.
Here's a big salute and a few tears for 'little boys' who are graduating

By Joni Hirsch Blackman
Nov 4, 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 would be strange -- but their wives, and the vast majority of women I knew from high school, college and the two neighborhoods we'd lived in as adults.
Boys transform into men -- if only for a few minutes -- at tux store

By Joni Hirsch Blackman
Nov 3, 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, I was stumped. I'd never even thought of being anything else. Ever.
Voters to blame, not board, for Metea mess

By Joni Hirsch Blackman
Nov 3, 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.

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