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Josh Wolff and his big brother, Ben, found themselves transfixed by Saturday Night Live sketches as youngsters growing up in the Washington, D.C. area. Especially any that starred either Dana…
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by Bill McLean •
Josh Wolff and his big brother, Ben, found themselves transfixed by Saturday Night Live sketches as youngsters growing up in the Washington, D.C. area. Especially any that starred either Dana…
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by Bill McLean •
Mike Pasquesi was a first-year track and field athlete as a senior at Lake Forest High School in 1988. Coaches slotted him in the 800-meter run, a grueling event. It’s…
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by DNS Contributor •
My current mantra is “Life isn’t perfect, personal, or permanent,” courtesy of author Ruth King. If I keep that in mind, most moments in life seem to be a little…
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by Bill McLean •
It could be said that musical talent helped the late Masha Pietkowski survive the Holocaust. She played the mandolin in an all-female orchestra at the Auschwitz concentration camp for nearly…
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by DNS Contributor •
Challenging times often inspire reflection on important touchstones, reminding us of loved ones we’ve lost and the importance of people in our lives. The recent pandemic emphasized our need to…
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by DNS Contributor •
Challenging times often inspire reflection on important touchstones, reminding us of loved ones we’ve lost and the importance of people in our lives. The recent pandemic emphasized our need to…
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by Bill McLean •
Three-time UCLA men’s basketball champion Larry Farmer sits in a conference room at his new employer—Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart in Lake Forest—and recalls the moment he turned down…
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ON MY NIGHTSTAND One year ago, my nightstand was essentially a simple shelving unit with one tiny drawer and open shelves—open shelves which drove my husband crazy with the menagerie…
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by Bill McLean •
Mary Anne Ehlert still hears her younger sister Marcia’s laugh, more than 27 years after Marcia— born with an umbilical cord wrapped around her tiny neck, and cerebral palsy—died at…
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Natalie Pelletier and Maddie McCormick were fifth graders and rookie actors when they appeared together on the Children’s Theatre of Winnetka stage in 2001. Pelletier portrayed a cheerleader in the…
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