by admin | May 19, 2013 | Books
On Tuesday evening, May 14, I had the special pleasure of receiving an award from the Society of Midland Authors. Every year in May, the Society holds a banquet in Chicago at which it bestows its annual book awards in six categories—adult fiction and...
by admin | May 12, 2013 | Movies
Until this past year, I had served for several years in a row as a biography judge for the Society of Midland Authors’ annual book awards. As a result, a few years ago, I read Judith Testa’s Sal Maglie: Baseball’s Demon Barber (Northern Illinois University...
by admin | May 5, 2013 | Restaurants
Photos by Alyssum Pohl I had not planned to use this blog to talk about restaurants. Furthest thing from mymind, in fact. Then again, like most open-minded people, I can be persuaded to change my mind, based on the evidence. There is also the fact that cooking has...
by admin | Apr 28, 2013 | Disaster policy, Uncategorized
I don’t believe I have ever previously been to New York three times in as many months. The first week of April, however, I had the honor of leading a team of five experts on post-disaster recovery, including myself, in conducting a series of five workshops in as...
by admin | Apr 19, 2012 | Books, Uncategorized
When I was about ten years old, it became clear that I needed glasses. Not immediately clear, but eventually clear. There was a substantial period of floundering that may not have lasted as long as it seems in retrospect, but mere weeks often seem like an...
