personal stories
Bill Meyer’s key to life
May 29, 2018It's a person like Meyer who can take the differences of tone and complexity as components to seek a higher sense of harmony on the keyboard — and as a key to life.
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Katie Jordan: A hero to the workers of Chicago
May 23, 2018If you ask any union organizer here in Chicago who Katie Jordan is they won’t hesitate to list her extensive resume of lifelong accomplishments.
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Six inseparable friends now even closer after school shooting
February 20, 2018It was the final period of the day at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High and Jonathan Blank was in history class, learning about the Holocaust...
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Swiss reality versus American reality: A father-son-granddaughter story
February 8, 2018I have had many conversations with my son about the differences between American reality and what he has now living in Geneva. Here are some of my observations.
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Oakland’s Friday farmer’s market and its vegetable vocabulary of love
April 27, 2017The market attracts immigrants from many countries. You can hear a dozen languages in the people filling its four blocks.
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