Barbara Brotman – Page 27

Today's mothers, often still forced to decide between job and children, find life no easier than the mothers of years ago.

Brotman: Decades later, moms’ balancing act is as tough as ever

November 3, 2021 at 5:19 p.m.

Twenty years ago, when I was deep into my working mother juggling act, I would curse my generation's timing. For the women who come after us, I thought, it would...

Brotman: Decades later, moms’ balancing act is as tough as ever

May 13, 2019 at 11:26 p.m.

Twenty years ago, when I was deep into my working mother juggling act, I would curse my generation's timing. For the women who come after us, I thought, it would...

Peter Geraghty, of Oak Park, demonstrates Nordic walking on Home Avenue in Oak Park.

Walking enhanced with pick up sticks

November 3, 2021 at 5:17 p.m.

I came upon my new winter activity almost by accident. I was heading out for a hike through my local forest preserve when I decided to take a pair of...

Walking enhanced with pick up sticks

May 13, 2019 at 11:25 p.m.

I came upon my new winter activity almost by accident. I was heading out for a hike through my local forest preserve when I decided to take a pair of...

‘Thrift Shop’ touts treasure-hunting

August 23, 2021 at 11:52 p.m.

My heart has been filled with the kind of joy usually reserved for happening upon a cache of Ann Taylor dresses at a Salvation Army resale store. My beloved longtime...

As Pope Benedict XVI prepares to retire, some older folks in the area say the Catholic leader should stay physically active.

Retirees offer advice to retiring pope

November 3, 2021 at 5:14 p.m.

Pope Benedict XVI may be the first pope to resign in 600 years, but he is not the first person to step down from his job as he ages. That's...

Retirees offer advice to retiring pope

December 24, 2018 at 12:12 a.m.

Pope Benedict XVI may be the first pope to resign in 600 years, but he is not the first person to step down from his job as he ages. That's...

How to celebrate 75th wedding anniversary and decades of Valentine’s Days

August 23, 2021 at 11:02 p.m.

The first few years of Valentine's Day gifts are easy. Flowers, chocolates, a sweet or funny card — when love is new, so is everything that goes with it. But...

How to celebrate 75th wedding anniversary and decades of Valentine’s Days

May 13, 2019 at 11:11 p.m.

The first few years of Valentine's Day gifts are easy. Flowers, chocolates, a sweet or funny card — when love is new, so is everything that goes with it. But...

Jeff Skrentny, left, shows photos to David Johnson at the first Birds & Beers bird-watchers gathering, at the Duke of Perth pub last month.

Talking birds at the bar

November 3, 2021 at 4:34 p.m.

The owl pellets were being passed around like hors d'oeuvres, albeit highly inedible ones. "This is just owl vomit," Christine Williamson told a photographer who was eyeing the bags of...

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