Thanksgiving without tension is like a Thanksgiving without turkey. It can be done, but it is not the norm.
Mary SchmichChicago is constantly auditioning for the world, determined that one day, on the streets of Barcelona, in Berlin's cabarets, in the coffee shops of Istanbul, people will know and love us in our multidimensional glory, dream of us the way they dream of San Francisco and New York.
Mary SchmichAccept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you'll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.
Mary SchmichMaybe youโll marry, maybe you wonโt, maybe youโll have children, maybe you wonโt, maybe youโll divorce at 40, maybe youโll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversaryโฆwhat ever you do, donโt congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either โ your choices are half chance, so are everybody elseโs.
Mary Schmich