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February 19, 2016

The Beauty in Random Acts of Flowers

RAF Chicago Executive Director Joanie Bayhack delivering smiles. (Courtesy of RAF)

Life isn’t so daunting if you break it down into a series of small gestures.

The non-profit Random Act of Flowers recycles flowers from weddings, parties, funerals and grocery stores. Volunteers then deliver floral bouquets to Chicago area hospitals and long term health care facilities.

Knoxville, Tn.-based Random Acts of Flowers (RAF) has only been in the Chicago area for a little more than a year. From January to December of 2015, RAF delivered bouquets to 16,142 people in the Chicago [...]

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February 11, 2016

Good Fortune

Something was lost here.

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Two herons on a pier

Redemption at every sunset

 

The winter circus comes through town

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Questions splatter on the windshield

The old mystic answers in her home on Hwy. 1

 

Wednesday Karaoke at the Caribbean Club

A prune-faced lady leans over to sing “Cabaret”

Songs are tickets to another time, old chum

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“We had it all, like Bogie & Bacall”—Bertie Higgins

 

Bare feet dance on blades of [...]

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