Time Lost Can Never Be

The Intermittent Depression That Had Shadowed Him Throughout His Adult Life Was About To Envelop Him Once Again.

Whenever I Finish A Book, I Start With A Blank Slate And Never Have Ideas Lined Up.

I Must Confess A Shameful Secret: I Love Chicago Best In The Cold.

Place Has Always Been Important To Me, And One Thing Today's Chicago Exudes, As It Did In 1893, Is A Sense Of Place. I Fell In Love With The City, The People I Encountered, And Above All The Lake And Its Moods, Which Shift So Readily From Season To Season, Day To Day, Even Hour To Hour.

I'm Very Perverse. If Someone Tells Me I Have To Read A Book, I'm Instantly Disinclined To Do So.