Liam – May 13, 2019 If my mother had her druthers, we’d have lunch together every day. Maybe it’s my charming company she so enjoys. Maybe it’s that she’s among the 33 percent of moms with adult kids who would like those kids to call them every day, according to a 2016 CBS News poll.…
DetailsElla – May 6, 2019 This past Saturday, The Danish Home held a wonderful Mother’s Day brunch for residents and their families. The food was fabulous, and the weather couldn’t have been more perfect – a welcome diversion from all the rain we’ve been having lately! The Danish Home’s bulb garden in full bloom (see…
DetailsMia – April 29, 2019 Every so often, I’ll read or see something that makes me yearn for Denmark. That sounds funny, even to me, since I’ve only been to that magical kingdom twice—once when I was a college student studying in Europe and again when John and I spent an enchanted week in Skagen…
DetailsIngrid – April 22, 2019 Here’s hoping you all had a wonderful Easter! The weather in Chicago was so beautiful, I made it a point to be outside nearly all weekend. The daffodils in our balcony planter are in full bloom, and the trees are wearing the fuzz that will soon become leaves and blossoms.…
DetailsLili – April 15, 2019 Today is tax day, which has me a bit stressed, as I admit I’m one to wait until the last minute to file our taxes. Every year, I tell myself that I’m not going to put it off, but alas, each year I do. Yesterday, as snow (!) was blowing…
DetailsLiam – April 8, 2019 During my final summer as a counselor at an overnight camp in Michigan, I experienced a harrowing run-in with a horde of earwigs. They’re those bugs that look a little like less-friendly lightning bugs with pincers protruding from their rumps instead of a pretty bio-luminescent glow. I was at the…
DetailsIngrid – April 1, 2019 My roommate Lindsay (Farfar’s granddaughter) and I were among about 90 people who attended the 61st Annual Women’s Auxiliary Spring Luncheon at Villa Brunetti Banquets in Franklin Park this past Saturday. We arrived at 11:00 a.m. for cocktails and socializing and lunched at noon with some wonderful residents we’ve gotten…
DetailsMia – March 25, 2019 There was one good thing about this interminable winter—it extended pancake season. Pancake season begins in my house with the first frosty morning and ends when cold cereal is ushered in by warm spring mornings. While we mostly eat pancakes for breakfast on weekends and holidays, I’ve been known to…
DetailsLiam – March 18, 2019 Chicago, like all of America, is a city founded and defined by immigrants. So many of its neighborhoods reflect the traditions of the Old Country, whichever old country that is. One such neighborhood is Norwood Park, home to The Danish Home of Chicago. In fact, Chicago claims to have the…
DetailsLiam – March 4, 2019 When I was a kid, I had a calendar with pictures associated with the weather typical of each month. March, the month we’ve recently entered in very lion-like conditions, featured a brightly colored kite flying in high winds. Somehow, that image has stuck with me, and I always think of…
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