When my daughter was two, we went to the Lincoln Park Zoo. I remember two things besides her being asleep by the time got on Lake Shore Drive after we left the high rise where she was living within site … Continue reading
Category Archives: Alexandra Gabrielle
My daughter Alexandra is 33 today. Unfortunately, I cannot spend it with her, but I can remember her favorite book as a two-year old. But I can’t find a copy of “I’m a Little House.” It was part of a … Continue reading
I’m writing this on September 28, 2012. Standing outside the Crystal Lake Jewel, I saw a Dad carrying his 1-2 year old daughter. It brought back memories of my daughter Alexandra at that age. Before and after Robin took her, … Continue reading
In 1982, I was running for State Comptroller, probably to test my hypothesis that one could not win a office above State Senator without selling one’s soul. (Needless to say, I lost. To incumbent Roland Burris, no less. Soul still … Continue reading
The corn cob shaped Prentice Women’s Hospital is where my daughter Alexandra was born. It’s part of the Northwestern Memorial Medical Hospital complex. As my daughter Alexandra’s mid-February, 1992, birth approached, I was running for State Comptroller. As Lincoln’s Birthday … Continue reading
I’m reminded of what my daughter Alexandra said when she was two and a half and on her first weekend visitation provided in divorce proceedings with Robin Geist. Alexandra was all dressed up in a pretty outfit that first weekend. … Continue reading
Today is my daughter Alexandra’s 29th birthday. Her second, in 1983, was the last I was able to celebrate with her. I gave her the bentwood rocking horse that you see here. You can see she is holding her beloved … Continue reading
While Republicans were raising money in McHenry for party purposes, Democratic Party sheriff challenger Mike Mahon was doing the same in Huntley. I went over after the GOP Play Day dinner and discovered an eating place treasure in the outside … Continue reading
They’re back. The rabid bats, I mean. I first got interested with rabid bats when the McHenry County Health Department used them as an excuse to try to impose what I came to call the McHenry County Republican Cat Tax. … Continue reading
My niece Sarah, now in an artist’s residency in Priarietown, Massachusetts, sent me a letter she found from my grandmother Addie Watling-Skinner last month. Amazingly enough, the letter was addressed to my daughter Alexandra, 28 years old today. You can … Continue reading
Her aunt and uncle told me this little girl at the Crystal Lake’s Main Beach on April 25th was just over two years old. She was brave because the water was cold as it lapped onto her feet. Maybe she … Continue reading
I don’t know if this is a blatant admission that subscriptions are tanking or not, but the Northwest Herald had an offer at the Crystal Lake Expo that I couldn’t pass up. I looked at the display, heard the young … Continue reading
Watching Nastia Liukin win the Olympic gymnastic floor exercise with my visiting Joplin little sister Ellen and her husband Denny Desmond must have triggered some subconscious thoughts while I was asleep. I woke up thinking, “Just like in the Olympics!” … Continue reading
Watching Nastia Liukin win the Olympic gymnastic floor exercise with my visiting Joplin little sister Ellen and her husband Denny Desmond must have triggered some subconscious thoughts while I was asleep. I woke up thinking, “Just like in the Olympics!” … Continue reading
It’s my daughter Alexandra’s 26th birthday. I wonder what’s she up to. At that age, I was McHenry County Treasurer. Is she still in college, working on a graduate degree? Is she in her first job? Her second job? Her … Continue reading
It’s my daughter Alexandra’s 26th birthday. I wonder what’s she up to. At that age, I was McHenry County Treasurer. Is she still in college, working on a graduate degree? Is she in her first job? Her second job? Her … Continue reading
It’s my daughter Alexandra’s 26th birthday. I wonder what’s she up to. At that age, I was McHenry County Treasurer. Is she still in college, working on a graduate degree? Is she in her first job? Her second job? Her … Continue reading
It’s my daughter Alexandra’s 26th birthday. I wonder what’s she up to. At that age, I was McHenry County Treasurer. Is she still in college, working on a graduate degree? Is she in her first job? Her second job? Her … Continue reading