Our friend Bill Linden
Just before Christmas 2012, my friend and former Chicago Sun-Times art director Bill Linden sent me a list of “50 things you might or might not want to know about Mr. Bill,” copyrighted. Bill died in his sleep in his Chicago home on Sept. 15. He was 79 years old.
I’m happy I kept the list.
You didn’t have to know Bill to read this list and understand how to live life to the fullest. And be able to laugh at yourself. As a gag writer for the comic strips “Shoe,” “B.C.” and “Wizard of Id,” Bill knew about economy and pacing. Bill was to punchlines as Dolly was to rhinestones. So there’s no [...]
Caregiver art by Ted Crow, Cleveland Plain Dealer
We are a quiet but intrepid tribe, those of us who are in the growing number of parent caregivers.
We are the I’m Coming Soon Platoon.
I’ve refrained from posting much about my summer journey: taking care of my 92-year-old mom with dementia and heart disease and a father with Parkinson’s Disease who turned 94 on Nov. 17. Perhaps their challenges are private. But I now know the pharmaceutical department at the Meier store in Aurora like the back of my hand. Nitrile exam gloves? Aisle 4. Personal cleaning wipes: Aisle 2. [...]
