Halloween promised to be a wild night in Chicago, falling as it did on a Friday. Instead the monster returned, with temperatures in the 30s, howling winds, snow, sleet, and 23 foot waves crashing on Lake Shore Drive. I started to fall ill with a harsh sickness, for the first time in years, something like… Continue reading Dia de Muertos
Tag: dia de los muertos
Silver Lane Cemetery
We stopped at Silver Lane Cemetery in East Hartford. I visited my mom's grave for the first time in 11 years. I was stressed because I could not find her grave at first, and got on the phone with my sister Kate. I found it, with beautiful orange and yellow flowers planted by her friend… Continue reading Silver Lane Cemetery