Nora Walsh Kerr
Thanks for the Memories
This week has brought joys so high I’ve felt like I was riding on a cloud, and then moments so painful I felt I might never stop crying....
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Nora Walsh Kerr
Oct 25, 20162 min read
My Semi-Permanent Deliverance
It was 1990 at Daniel Wright Middle School in Lincolnshire, a sleepy suburb of Chicago. I’m in 8th grade and hopelessly one of the...
Nora Walsh Kerr
Oct 24, 20161 min read
Micro Memoir Review
Three Things I Learned from Amy Poehler's Yes Please HarperCollins, $28.99, ISBN 978-0-06-226834-1, 2014 1. Poehler's insider scoop on...
Nora Walsh Kerr
Oct 14, 20161 min read
Micro Memoir Review
Three Things I Learned from Jim Gaffigan’s Food: A Love Story Crown Archetype, $26.00, ISBN 978-0-8041-4041-6, 2014 1. If you read only...
Nora Walsh Kerr
Oct 7, 20163 min read
Jim Macdonald: Northwest Side Hero
Here is the fourth story in my Northwest Side Hero Project, highlighting stories about local heroes (as nominated by their neighbors),...
Nora Walsh Kerr
Sep 28, 20161 min read
My Video Cheerleader
This past summer I made a promotional video with help from Kelly Luchtman and her team at Snap! Web Video. Like many other good ideas, it...
Nora Walsh Kerr
Sep 21, 20161 min read
10 Things I Have Learned from Humans Under 8
I’m approaching the midpoint of my life (at least, let’s hope) and by now, I should have a lot of stuff figured out. I’ve survived job...
Nora Walsh Kerr
Sep 18, 20161 min read
Micro Memoir Review
Three Things I Learned from Augustyn Burrough’s Dry Picador, $14 ISBN 0-312-42379-9 Burrough’s misadventures in drinking and trying to...
Nora Walsh Kerr
Sep 5, 20162 min read
Having Faith in Something
The world lost a great man a few weeks ago: my godfather and pseudo-uncle Bob “Butch” Kalchbrenner. He and his wife Gloria are those...
Nora Walsh Kerr
Aug 24, 20162 min read
Michele Taylor, Northwest Side Hero
This is the third story in my Northwest Side Hero Project, highlighting extraordinary people nominated by their neighbors as local...
Nora Walsh Kerr
Aug 1, 20161 min read
Micro Memoir Review
Three Things I Learned from Tom Brokaw's The Greatest Generation Random House, $24, ISBN 1-4000-6314-0 Reading about the patriotism and...
Nora Walsh Kerr
Jul 20, 20162 min read
Editing is Everything: 4 Tips to Better Writing
I often struggle to answer the basic question,“What do you do?” Sometimes I say, “Writer.” But I should really say, “Editor.” The amount...
Nora Walsh Kerr
Jul 15, 20161 min read
Surviving Summer
Summer brings relaxed schedules, later bedtimes, and the smell of aloe vera in the house. While I enjoy the extra time with family, I...
Nora Walsh Kerr
Jul 1, 20162 min read
A Few Words on Loss
Grief is a natural part of life, but it doesn’t lessen the impact that these moments have on us. This year has brought many great things,...
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