by Margaret Philbrick | Apr 23, 2025 | Books, Community, Growing Life, Margaret's Musings
Back in my early Chicago days, I spent hours browsing the shelves of Aspidistra Bookshop on Clark Street. Within those creaky, wooden floors and miles of shelves I found my first collection of Ezra Pound and a gorgeous collection by the Russian poet, Yevtushenko. It...
by Margaret Philbrick | Nov 4, 2014 | Art
Amidst falling linden leaves, I passed by and heard the sound of a Skilsaw coming from the potting shed. For about a year I’ve been hoping to catch a glimpse of the backyard artist who lives three blocks away. Wrapped in yellow paint, her windowed workshed is a tiny...
