Other places to catch my writing

  • "Television" for The Sun Magazine

    I write about growing up a ‘90s kid without a TV in Chicago when the Bulls were at their peak.

  • The haunting of the Mikel manse

    What happened when my family bought a dilapidated Victorian no one else dared to love.

  • Op-Ed about saving historic homes for Chicago Sun-Times

    Chicago is losing its historic homes at an alarming rate. The city places few restrictions on developers with bulldozers and deep pockets.

  • "Growing up in Olmsted’s Garden" for the Olmsted Network

    A reflection on my childhood growing up in Riverside and one tiny park that had a lasting impact on me.

Top newsletter posts

  • A stained glass window discovery

    I find a clue about the house that sheds new light.

  • A sticky stair situation

    On the kindness of strangers and asking for help.

  • An anticlimactic milestone

    On reaching a major accomplishment and feeling non-celebratory.

  • The Super Bowl commercial

    The ad and the inventor who changed the world.