​3/28/2017 By Joy Lynn Clark Macy’s on State Street is having a flower show until April 9.  It smelled great.  I took some pictures. it had a Carnival theme. Lol.

  2/16/2017 ​Change My Life (Been There Done It) Been there, done it played all the games Now things done changed And I’m not the same Had to lose it all, even my brain Had to take a fall, just to see what’s sane Love is serious gotta do for self What’s right for me Cause won’t nobody else Cats steady getting drunk They always getting high I’ll let you walk on by Change my life I was acting kind of savage And  I had a few habits That left me kind of damaged Plus I didn’t even know who I was We was just kicking it And dude was…

2/7/2016 By Joy Lynn Clark Chicago, IL My son and I decided to visit Water Tower Place on North Michigan Avenue.  I have to admit, I have been to this shopping center a thousand times and I even worked here as a retail salesperson when I was much younger. When I was in high school I would meet my ETHS friends here. It was nice and central for all of our suburban travelling. I thought the entrance was so grand.  We would meet in the entryway and ascend the escalators to where we could run around and be proper mallrats. Even the escalator was jam packed with people.  We would…

At the start, the Director or Principal Of Juarez delivers the welcome in both English and Spanish. The Juarez Community Academy Advanced Band starts with, “Cancion de Navidad”. I quickly forgot that I am watching students.

By Joy Lynn Clark 1/6/2017 I knew I wanted to say, “whatever” so many times.  It started with the presidential election.  Donald Trump was elected and it was clear that he had won the electoral college but not the popular vote. People are angry.  I know because the very next day a white guy was beaten in my city for being a Trump supporter.  I was like, “Really?”.  So I looked into the electoral college. The number of electoral votes is the number of representatives plus 2 senators that your state has in Congress.  It’s all above board.  You might want to take those elections for Senators and Representatives more…