It’s here! The 25th annual Rhinofest!
Wondering what to do during these colder Chicago days? Go see a play at Chicago’s longest running fringe theatre festival, Rhinofest!
The Cookie Crumbles
Every time I return home, something is different. I came back from a year’s travel in 2006 to twenty kilometers of arterial motorway t..
The Truth About Chicago Weather
Sure, it looks magical, enchanting even, as the snow glides through the streetlights and dances past your window. Snow isn’t all that ..
Winter, Holidays and a Break
Before JTerm starts this week, (January Term at Columbia College Chicago) and I get back into the swing of being a full time student, ..
Cabin Fever…
Like always, it would seem that winter break started with a flurry of activity for my family. We had to move again this December. We foun..
No Place Like Home
Being away from home is often difficult for many people, especially when one is engulfed by work and stress. However as a gradu..
Sharper Resolution
As the band played on the memories of 2013 began to fade and the promise of 2014 came into focus. Elation gave way to the dreaded New Year’s resolutions.
It’s beginning to look a lot like J-term
Classes are out for Fall semester, and students in the Music Composition for the Screen program, who won’t be starting them up again u..
Immersion Research
I’m 150 pages into my novel and I am at THAT point—the one where you come up with excuses to stop writing. Well, I think in my case it..
A whole lot of life: what’s happened since I finished the Journalism program
In my last post, I wrapped up what a great program it had been for my cohort. I think I ended the post by saying that I was taking a l..