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UNion 9-2800

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Ellen Ross

Growing up in Wilmette, Illinois was pretty idyllic for my brother Kenny and me.  Life was small-town and carefree.  But there was one cloud that loomed over our sunny, Mayberry existence. Our mother was terribly phobic. Dogs, airplanes, elevators, cabs, … Continue reading →

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The Middle

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Ellen Ross

I hate pie crust.  I only like what lies between.  When I was a kid I would eat the filling – leaving the empty crust to collapse onto itself on the plate.  (A practice which my mother decried as wasteful.)  And … Continue reading →

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