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Soloway Stories: Matching Bands
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Musings, missteps, memories, and other miscellaneous text from the author of the memoir, "The Division Street Princess," and the e-novel, "She's Not The Type.". Tuesday, February 14, 2012. In 1998, when Tommy and I got married, we went to Service Merchandise to buy matching gold wedding bands. It was the second marriage for both, we were in our 60's. I think we paid $25 for each. Fancy gems weren’t important to us back then; still aren't. I ordered our medical alert bracelets. After Tommy got lost. &...
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Soloway Stories: February 2009
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Musings, missteps, memories, and other miscellaneous text from the author of the memoir, "The Division Street Princess," and the e-novel, "She's Not The Type.". Wednesday, February 18, 2009. When news of the octuplet mom. Hit the airwaves, my thoughts flashed back to my own experience with pregnancy. You see, before in-vitro fertilization and other high-tech methods increased the odds, I was among the wretched group of women who had trouble conceiving. But once my husband completed his internship and res...
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Soloway Stories: February 2010
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Musings, missteps, memories, and other miscellaneous text from the author of the memoir, "The Division Street Princess," and the e-novel, "She's Not The Type.". Tuesday, February 23, 2010. Hole in the Head. Cute bag," I said to Faith. As she swung a messenger bag over her head. The bag bore a charming cityscape design in blue and black; my favorite colors. I starred at the perfect Timbuk2. But, my dear daughter has it now. Obviously, she cares for it and has given it a good home. Afterward, while still l...
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The Division Street Princess: Scaredy-Cat
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The Division Street Princess. Tuesday, November 02, 2010. This afternoon, I join Janie Isackson's Ethnic Chicago class to answer questions the DePaul University students have after reading my memoir, "The Division Street Princess.". Thirty-four questions await. The first sent me thinking. It read, "If you could go back in time, what is the one thing that you would change about your childhood? That's easy. I'd toss my timidity. This excerpted selection from Chapter 3, Safe on our Shores, explains:. And FJ...
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The Division Street Princess: November 2010
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The Division Street Princess. Tuesday, November 02, 2010. This afternoon, I join Janie Isackson's Ethnic Chicago class to answer questions the DePaul University students have after reading my memoir, "The Division Street Princess.". Thirty-four questions await. The first sent me thinking. It read, "If you could go back in time, what is the one thing that you would change about your childhood? That's easy. I'd toss my timidity. This excerpted selection from Chapter 3, Safe on our Shores, explains:. And FJ...
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The Division Street Princess: A Really, Really Long Distance Birthday Phone Call
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The Division Street Princess. Sunday, January 30, 2011. A Really, Really Long Distance Birthday Phone Call. 8220;Mom, where are you? 8221; I said. My query was directed to the computer’s screen. We were using iChat, and I was anxious to see my mother’s face. 8220;A minute, a minute,” I could hear her say. I turned up the volume on my Mac and heard clicks - a lipstick top being circled downward, a pocket mirror snapped shut. 8220;What kind of example would I set coming to see my daughter with a plain face?
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The Rookie Widow: November 2014
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Monday, November 17, 2014. The patch on her right sleeve read "78866." Using the Pilot pen I had tucked into the notebook's spiral, I wrote down the number. "Let me repeat it," I said, "78866.". The conductor smiled as I continued, "I'm going to send a compliment to Metro. You've been terrific.". Just take the dollar; my fault for being unprepared," I told her. Just ask one of the passengers for change," she said. "Don't waste money.". No, that's fine. My mistake.". But, 78866 insisted; so curbing embarr...
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The Rookie Widow: August 2014
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Thursday, August 21, 2014. Our Time is super excited. "You have 110 new profile views and 15 new messages! It writes, as enthusiastic as a prospector finding gold. Although weeks earlier I had dropped my membership and checked "do not automatically renew," the online dating site continues to send me these cheery emails. I imagine it - and JDate, another of my experiments - somewhere in cyberspace clucking at my resistance. Between two lonely singles.). Each one a mensch, and did she appreciate? Min," the...
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Never Too Old To Talk Tech: August 2011
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Never Too Old To Talk Tech. Advice for the mature or befuddled. Thursday, August 18, 2011. I was awoken by the sound of sobbing. I reached for my eyeglasses and looked around the bedroom to find the source of the disturbance. Husband was on his side, fast asleep. Not him. Dog was at the draped windows. Flat. Not him. Then, I looked to my left, to the bedside table where my Apple devices were plugged into their chargers. A tiny pool of water, likely caused by tears, surrounded the iPhone 3G. 3G was interr...
