Mary Schmich – Page 5

The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is prepped for recipients on Feb. 14, 2021, at Steinmetz College Prep in Belmont Cragin.

Column: With a car buried in snow, I walked 3 miles there and 3 miles back for my COVID-19 shot

February 17, 2021 at 12:45 p.m.

My car was smothered in snow when I woke up Tuesday, the streets were drowning in slush, and when I glanced out my living room window, I instantly knew that...

With temperatures below zero, the sun rises over a frigid Lake Michigan on Feb. 7, 2021.

Column: Looking for the light in the depths of February

February 12, 2021 at 6:34 p.m.

Every year about this time, when we've reach the psychological pit of winter — when it seems we will always be cold, the ground will always be frozen, the trees...

Then-President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on Dec. 23, 2020.

Column: Power means never having to say you’re sorry: Inside Trump’s brain during his impeachment trial

February 12, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

Many Americans have wondered what former President Donald J. Trump has been doing and thinking this week during his impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate, where he stands accused of...

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., the lead impeachment manager, and his team arrive to begin the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump at the Capitol in Washington on Feb. 9.

Column: Trump’s impeachment trial isn’t about him. It’s about us.

February 9, 2021 at 7:24 p.m.

Before the second impeachment trial of Donald J. Trump began Tuesday, it may have been tempting to think of it as a sequel to a show that had been canceled,...

A car is covered with filthy snow from a plow in the 4000 block of North Kedzie Avenue in Chicago on Feb. 1, 2021.

Column: Everybody hates snirt. And if you don’t know what that is, read on.

February 5, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

We've entered the season of snirt. You probably know snirt even if you don't know the word, which, according to my random interrogations, 99.9% of people don't. I didn't know...

Sergio Gomez holds a sign while joining in a birthday parade in 2020 in Berwyn.

Column: One measure of COVID-19: Almost every living American has had a pandemic birthday

February 3, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

By the time this is all over, every American will have celebrated at least one pandemic birthday. A friend made that comment the other day and it's an obvious thought,...

Ice formations reveal unusual shapes along the breakwater near Belmont Harbor in Chicago, Jan. 28, 2021.

Column: Fresh snow, ‘Bridgerton’ and taking down the Christmas tree: 9 things I’ve liked lately

January 29, 2021 at 7:10 p.m.

Every now and then I make a list of nine things I like. Here's one for the end of January. 1. Fresh snow Until the past few days, Chicago has...

Englewood resident Fannie Peeples gets a Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from Friend Health nurse Syreetta Stinson at the Peace House of I Grow Chicago, March 26, 2021. I Grow Chicago teamed with Friend Health to provide 150 vaccines, coffee and doughnuts at the event.

Column: Trying to get a COVID vaccine is like playing roulette

January 29, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

Welcome, everybody, to vaccine roulette! It's a crazy, new game that requires great endurance, an epic tolerance for failure, and, above all, luck. Maybe you'll be lucky enough to get...

Jesse Dascola shovels the sidewalk for elderly and disabled residents as part of the 40th Ward's snow shoveling volunteer program in Chicago on Jan. 26, 2021.

Column: In praise of good neighbors

January 27, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

My downstairs neighbors, Dan and Allie, announced a couple of weeks ago that they're moving out at the end of January. "Are you moving out?" I asked, suspiciously, mournfully the...

Column: A new affliction in the pandemic: Vaccine envy

January 22, 2021 at 6:55 p.m.

I have vaccine envy. There. I've confessed it. The thought of getting a COVID-19 vaccine makes me impatient, greedy, needy. I yearn for a vaccine the way some people want...

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