Georgia Garvey – Page 6

Column: Misery can make magic, at least where summers are concerned

July 9, 2020 at 1:46 p.m.

Smack-dab in the middle of a stretch of 90-degree weather, our air conditioning system broke. Opening the windows did nothing to help. The air outside was dead, heavy and windless....

Parenting can be hard, but it's also a blessing.

Column: Rise up, oppressed parents, and cast off your shackles! Or take a nap. Either could be good.

June 29, 2020 at 2:20 p.m.

A dad got himself into hot water recently after he publicly called parents an oppressed class. He wrote, in a series of crazy-long and meandering tweets, that not having kids...

"The Story Sampler," a collection of stories and essays by students at Jean Gordon Elementary School in New Orleans, is shown here.

Column: The recipe for finding yourself: a school, a teacher and a student

June 22, 2020 at 4:47 p.m.

Nestled in a New Orleans neighborhood full of working-class families sat a once-magical place that no longer exists, Jean Gordon Elementary School. As I think about what our kids missed...

An aerial view of Wrigley Field includes Waveland Avenue before the Chicago Cubs host the Clevelend Indians in Game 3 of the World Series, Friday, Oct. 28, 2016.

Column: The church of Wrigley Field sits silent, but I’ll always remember my first service

June 15, 2020 at 3:47 p.m.

This is the story of a conversion. It's the tale of how a girl who moved from St. Louis to Chicago, not exactly a Cardinals fan, per se, but at...

Scales of Justice outside the District Court in Brisbane.

Column: The goddess and the law of unintended consequences

June 8, 2020 at 7:30 p.m.

Being Greek sometimes feels like being a hammer in search of a nail. I find Greekness and Greek-adjacent topics where there are none, see phantom Greek words everywhere, read parallels...

Demonstrators march on State Street for George Floyd and other victims of police violence on Sunday, May 31, 2020.

Column: Know thyself, and other sayings

June 5, 2020 at 12:56 p.m.

Today my 2-year-old son whipped my computer to the floor with the same disdain he normally reserves for vegetables and delicate stemware. It flopped flat, with a disheartening "clunk," but...

Column: Ode to my toddler, on his birthday, in the style of ‘Thriller’

May 22, 2020 at 1:06 p.m.

Darkness falls across the land; The midnight hour is close at hand; And though bedtime is hours behind, It's as if he thought you wouldn't mind Getting up more times...

Playgrounds and many other recreational facilities remain closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Column: A coronavirus pandemic letter to my kids, 20 years later

May 24, 2020 at 10:57 p.m.

To my sons, I'm sending this letter to you in the year 2040, 20 years after an outbreak of coronavirus hit the world. Perhaps the disease will have picked up...

A discarded surgical mask is pictured on a sidewalk in Chicago.

Column: Behold, weapons in battling coronavirus conspiracies!

May 8, 2020 at 12:53 p.m.

We all catch a case of the coronavirus crazies every now and then. We're isolated, unemployed, afraid and lonely. We freak out at every sneeze, get yelled at for putting...

Column: I’m holding a coronavirus memorial for my grandmother

April 30, 2020 at 4:37 p.m.

Just last week, I wrote a column about COVID-19 and how no one should be disposable, neither the infirm nor elderly — not even those who are already dying. In...

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