A mother's love know no bounds. Here's how one maternal cat showered a litter of kittens in motherly love.

Every good pup just wants to please and needs a little direction. Gretchen Decker with the help of Luigi from the Animal Care League walks you through some basic commands to help control and build confidence in your dog. 

The third annual Earth Fest in Oak Park brought together businesses, organizations and residents in and around Oak Park. Those who attended learned more about composting, recycling and other ways to make their lives a little greener.

Rance Clouser has taken on a new role. A year ago Clouser was just stepping down after serving a term on the District 97 Oak Park elementary school board. But this spring he’s showing his acting chops -- alongside his daughter Dana -- in a community theater production of Thornton Wilder's “The Matchmaker.”

I figured a good idea for a blog about aging would be to ask fellow seniors who they thought was sexy. So I sent out an email to about fifty friends who I thought were over sixty. I eagerly awaited the answers. Nothing. Nada. Surely they couldn't all be ignoring me. Surely I couldn't be getting creepy in my old age. Then I discovered that I had only sent it to five people.

I'm enjoying a vertical life in a town where horizontal is an honorific; I now live in a high-rise alongside the Frank Lloyd Wright Historic District. There's a lot to see looking east from the 11th floor, principally the tops of three gorgeous churches: Calvary, Grace Episcopal and the United Church of Christ. I'm thrilled by their chimes, especially on Easter Morning, and disheartened by the architecture of the mostly flat-roofed  rectangles surrounding them. 

Authors and poets come together to celebrate the literary heritage of the village and to support writers in many ways throughout the year

The author of The Red Tent talks to members of the congragation of Oak Park Temple

An appropriately balmy day is forecast for the opening of the Oak Park Farmers Market on Saturday, May 19. There will be a smattering of early produce, along with flowers, preserves, meat, bluegrass music and …oh yes, I almost forgot … donuts.

Judson Todd Allen isn't just a celebrity chef wannabe. He has used his culinary talents to craft recipes that are both healthy and delicious, changing his own lifestyle to lose 115 pounds. And now he's shooting to become the next "Food Network Star."

Many Many Unanswered Questions

A Chicken Wing By Any Other Name Is Still A Chicken Wing

We were expecting just two baby gerbils to fill the void left by the passing of our first library gerbil, Ramona Nibble(smith).We were surprised to get three!

Join us on Friday, May 18 at 12:00 noon at the Dole Branch Library for a lively discussion of Candice Millard's remarkable account of the Teddy Roosevelt adventure to Brazil.

A bed of Irises were aglow Sunday afternoon at the Cheney Mansion.

The news that the Vatican is investigating the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, the largest association of Catholic nuns in the U.S., has created quite a stir among American Catholics.  This posting reveals the response of four Catholic lay women who live in Oak Park, IL.

The CROP Hunger Walk tomorrow is a good way for people from different religions and world views to find common ground.

Magic Tree Bookstore is hosting The 8th Annual Student Art Auction to benefit the Oak Park Education Foundation (OPEF), running May 14th - June 1st. 

There's a saying about parenthood that I've always found rather humorous, "Life begins when the kids go away to college and the dog dies."