Michele Fitzpatrick
Michele’s first novel, The Women’s Center, available NOW on Amazon!
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Tag Archives: Chicago
Sodality Strong
During the 1960s within Immaculate Conception high school in Elmhurst, the Sodality of Our Blessed Virgin Mary was having an image problem among girl students, which was the only gender allowed to join. Girls didn’t sign up voluntarily. The Sisters … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago, high school, Immaculate Conception, Sodality
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Good words
Writing about writing and writing about writers is very distracting for writers, which is probably why we do it. Here are three nice things about writing and writers: 1. Writers envy but they are not jealous. We envy good writing … Continue reading
Birth daze
Some people I know react badly when surprise is bestowed upon them. This is because I am one such. My auntie engineered a surprise party for me on the occasion of my 16th birthday. Only someone of great courage would … Continue reading
Big foot
Female shoes have taken a disturbing turn toward gigantic. Quizzical. Once, platforms on shoes that inched you up adapted the uneven gait for a person suffering with a club foot. Once, high heels embraced the arch of a lady’s foot … Continue reading
gizmos
Among things that divide us, gizmos rank right up with country of origin and whether you believe burps are funny. (No.) One either embraces the gizmo or disdains the gizmo. I love ’em, in part because a gizmo is an … Continue reading
Presidential favor
Other citizens have better reasons for opinions of presidents alive in their own lifetime. My choices lack both logic and knowledge. My choices are self-centered. Dwight D. Eisenhower was my parent’s president. His sternishness and cheery little wife Mamie made … Continue reading
