Tag: column
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City Girl Confessions: A Slice of Americana in the Driveway
City Girl Confessions is my recurring column in The Glencoe Anchor. I have distinct memories of childhood centered around a basketball hoop. We had one in our driveway for nearly 20 years and it was the nucleus of entertainment. It was where I learned to dribble a ball, outshoot my brother in a game of…
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City Girl Confessions: Sneaking in Those City Escapes
City Girl Confessions is my recurring column via The Glencoe Anchor. Life zooms by from the window seat of the Metra. It’s a blur of colors, textures, and weather. Time seems to suspend as well. Heading south into Chicago brings me back into my past, back into the roots from which this very column was…
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A Most Enduring Mother’s Day Gift
In honor of Mother’s Day, I’m sharing a favorite column of mine written in 2016 for The Glencoe Anchor. Its words are some of my favorite as it pertains to this holiday and the mothers and mother-like figures we celebrate. I feel as though I’m drowning in gift guides. Each day brings about an email,…
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City Girl Confessions: Desperately Seeking Spring
City Girl Confessions is my recurring column published via The Glencoe Anchor. There’s something really disheartening about checking the weather forecast and seeing single digits…again. I get that we live in the Midwest, but c’mon! The first day of Spring is slated for March 20th. How may I rejoice in the switching off of seasons…
Kelly Q. Anderson 