Category Archives: What I Did

My Hat in the Ring

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Liza Blue

Over the past two years we have buried both my parents in the family plot at Lake ForestCemetery, joining my brother, grandparents, great and great-great grandparents.   While the plot was certainly filling up, it appeared that there was plenty of … Continue reading →

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Law and Order

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Liza Blue

I think that every generation of children has a touchstone television show whose ingrained theme song immediately brings back their youth. For me, it was Leave it to Beaver, and then later with my younger brothers, most definitely The Dick … Continue reading →

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Conversation Piece

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Liza Blue

I would not consider myself a good conversationalist, and you can’t convince me otherwise, because every time I take one of those personality tests, I end up with all the other socially awkward people.  But I have developed a few … Continue reading →

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No Place Like Home

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Liza Blue

My meeting downtown finished early, and so I arrived at O’Hare hours ahead of time for my evening flight to Atlanta.  I settled in to read, and then deep into my novel, I became irritated at the flashing lights above … Continue reading →

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Living the Dream

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Liza Blue

I was over 30 years old by the time I finished my college, medical school and residency training.  One of the most joyful aspects of this feat of endurance was the realization that I would no longer be subjected to … Continue reading →

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Vindictive Snack Mom

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Liza Blue

I greeted my first assignment as snack mom with undiluted pleasure.  Like many of my contemporaries, I had delayed childbearing into the thirties, and had only two children.  Now was the time for commitment to participate intimately in the life … Continue reading →

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Thrown Under the Bus

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Liza Blue

This spring, on an ill advised impulse, I signed up for a ladies’ ice hockey league, where random teams were formed based on the self ranking of the players.  I originally had no interest, but then I was contacted directly … Continue reading →

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Line Management

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Liza Blue

For the past 50+ years I have celebrated Christmas in exactly the same way – family get togethers and toting casseroles from suburb to suburb, trying to make sure that everyone had the same quality and quantity of gifts and … Continue reading →

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Last One Picked

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Liza Blue

Girls’ grade school sports in the pre Title 9 days of the late 1960s were a decidedly low key affair, and presumably were included in the curriculum on the basis of the “sound mind, sound body” principle.  There was no … Continue reading →

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Buy a Ticket and Clap

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Liza Blue

Flipping through the channels one evening, I lucked into the Australian Open tennis tournament just as the announcer said, “The effortlessness of Federer’s game belies his mastery of his craft.”  The replay showed Federer gliding along the baseline, flicking a … Continue reading →

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