Box 15
Contains 32 Results:
Morrison, Sylvia - Two Washington Tales, Back to Back, October 22, 2008
Memoir/History: Describes two tales of the author’s life in Washington, D.C. (1) Evenings Teaching English: Thanksgiving, Spanish Style: while a volunteer teacher of English in the 1990s to determined Spanish-speaking immigrants with less than grade school education, and (2) Daytime work: the tale of Congressman Sykes and the National Rural Electric cooperative Association when the author first worked as an economist with the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress.
Peck, Annette - How the TULIP Conquered the World, September 24, 2008
History: The tulip as a plant species was born on hard to reach mountain slopes in Central Asia. By the 14th Century it had gained great importance in the Turkish Ottoman Empire. In the 16th Century the tulip flower conquered the hearts of Europeans. The Dutch in particular became its major developer and exporter all over the world. For our own gardens some advice is given on planting, and how to protect against varmints, and above all, how to enjoy the tulip’s magic year after year.
Hosbein, Ann - A Trip to Madeira, November 12, 2008
Character: The author’s portrait of a Danish acquaintance, “a real character”, whose partying adventures landed him in Madeira, too hilarious to ever tell his wife. Describes shopping in Denmark, in particular the author’s search for and purchase of a model of the ship Freggatten Jylland.
Knight, Andrea C. - Shostakovich and Stalin, January 28, 2009
Foorman, Margaret - Memoirs of a Senora, October 28, 2009
A series of vignettes from life in Latin America in the late 1970s (during President Jimmy Carter’s presidency): The author’s cultural adventures as a young wife and ex pat living in and traveling from Panama.
Fenninger, Jane - The Kilted Pimpernel, February 11, 2009
Sprowl, Susan - A Different World, April 8, 2009
Memoir: Memories and adventures of family summers during the 1950s in “the different world” of an isolated (without electricity or plumbing) island of the State of Maine. The island, named “Long Island”, was located near the mouth of the Casco Bay’s tidal, New Meadows River.
Clarke, Jane - The Grand Canyon and Mary Colter, April 22, 2009
History: History of the Grand Canyon, geological and human habitation and exploration. Emphasis on Mary Colter – architect and designer for Harvey House/Santa Fe Railway System and National Park Service. She is known for the rustic style. Her life long fascination with Native American Arts taught us to appreciate this as a gift to the nation’s heritage.
Guyot, Suzanne F. - Roy, A Remarkable Friend, September 23, 2009
Memoir: About the author’s Winnetka childhood friendship with Roy Harold Schears. He became the famous Rock Hudson, and their friendship continued until his death.
Plochman, Barbara - A Red Rose in Winter, October 14, 2009
Fiction: Jamie is an eight year old who is happy as the only child of Jay and Marie, but whose world falls apart when her father leaves home. She and her mother must make a big adjustment in their life while Jamie continues to long for her father and to hope all her fairy tale dreams for a happy ending might somehow come true. We leave Jamie as she moves on as a nine year old with some new insights into adults and what love means.
Hartley, Noelle - We That Were Young, January 13, 2010
(Originally read 2/27/1991, by Katrina Kelley. See Box 9). Author’s education (at the Nightingale Training School, St. Thomas Hospital in London) and stories of life as a nurse in London during World War II (D-Day).
Powell, Midge - Into the Unknown. History: A paper on interesting aspects of the “extraordinary expedition of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, 1804-1806", November 11, 2009
The titles, summary descriptions and commentary are supplied by the author / presenter of the papers, and by members of the Winnetka Fortnightly.
Garvin, Susanne - Fabulous!, December 9, 2009
History: The topic of Aesop’s Fables: what is known about Aesop (apparently an expert observant of bird behavior), the fable (its history and relationship to the word “fabulous”), fables as sources of various expressions in the English language (example: sour grapes), and the Chicagoan Dennison Hull who translated Aesop into verse. The author also considers the creation of Santa Claus and Biblical parables.
Hosbein, Ann - Name That Car, February 10, 2010
Comedy/Fiction: A fictional Woody’s favorite day of the month is Blood Bank Day. He loves the free coffee and doughnuts and joining the other donors at Stoops Bar and Grill across the street, where he is free to pontificate, without his wife interrupting him, on his favorite subject: changing the buffalo nickel to an automobile nickel. What follows is Woody and the crowd’s playfulness with a long list of car names.
Stevens, Janet - Don't Tell, March 10, 2010
Memoir/Childhood: A stunning piece on the subject of the author’s experience as a sexually abused child – told through the drama of one rape episode at the age of 13. She shows how the common response of “Don’t Tell” -at every level - perpetuates abuse.
Shea, Mary - Manifestations of Modernism, March 24, 2010
History/Art: The author explores the beginnings of Modernism (the break away from classical and traditional methods of expression) in European painting and the context in which it developed as expressed in literature, architecture, and music at the turn of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century.
Kelley, Katrina - Well-behaved Women Seldom Make History, October 13, 2010
Carton, Jean - Gone With the Wind, April 28, 2010
History/Botany: A tale of a personified dandelion family that parallels American history – beginning with its arrival with the first explorers/pilgrims. The story also includes botanical information and the dandelion’s relationship (medicinal, etc.) with humans.
Hall, Clarine - Swaziland: Africa’s Last Traditional Kingdom, May 2, 2010
Warren, Betsy - Glencoe’s Religious Institutions: A Brief History, April 14, 2010
History/Local: A survey of most churches established in Glencoe (founded in1869): 1850s (Congregational Church of Christ/Glencoe Union, 1884 (The African Methodist Episcopal Church), 1894 (Church of St. Elisabeth), 1897 (Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Winnetka), 1910 (North Shore Methodist Episcopal, 1920 (North Shore Congregation Israel), 1972 (Am Shalom), 1983 (Congregation Hakafa). Glencoe is known for its religious diversity.
Howell, Edith - Elsie de Wolfe – A Breath of Fresh Air, October 27, 2010
Gately, Shirley - Huey (1893-1935) and Me, January 27, 2010
Memoir/Childhood: The author describes her Louisiana childhood between 1926 and 1936, before her family’s move to Chicago. Her story includes LA history as far back as 1699 (Mardi Gras), but concentrates on the life of Huey Long, who was in power during her childhood, until 1935. Long’s life (childhood, personality, and corrupt, autocratic reign as governor and U.S. senator) is instruction in “eternal vigilance” to maintain self-government and democratic ideals.
Abbott, Mädel Moore - The Rest of the Elephant, May 13, 2009
History: Relates the history of Charles Ponzi of the Ponzi scheme and its use by the largest perpetuator in history, Bernard L Madoff. Madoff was able to perpetuate his scheme for nearly a half century, from the 1960s until his arrest in December, 2008.
Davis, Anne - An Accident of History, March 23, 2011
History/Memoir: A short history of Radcliffe College and its Class of 1958, this paper describes the feelings of failure members of the class had at their 25th reunion due to the curve that Women's Liberation threw at women in our age group. The sense of failure and anger at Radcliffe for not preparing us better turned to activism at the 35th reunion, activism that perhaps helped to speed up the merger between Harvard and Radcliffe.