Category Archives: Tributes

Out of Michigan

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Ellen Ross

Author’s Note: This post is for my cousin, Raymond Saunders. Thanks, Ray, for putting it all together. With all due respect to Isaak Dinesen, my paternal great-grandparents had a farm- in Michigan. It was not a coffee plantation in Kenya- … Continue reading →

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Boy Trouble

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Ellen Ross

In 1964 Ricky G. was in my freshman history class at New Trier. He was smart, very cute, and a big star on the frosh swim team. I admired him. And in 1964, Seventeen Magazine said that if you liked … Continue reading →

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Quite A Gal

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Ellen Ross

As golf season is in full swing around here, I have to report that it was never my sport. I tried and I tried. I took lots of lessons and loads of ladies’ golf clinics from Pat Goss- our country … Continue reading →

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The Longest Day

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Ellen Ross

In 1994 when my daughter Natasha was almost sixteen she wanted to study French in summer school- in France. So her school made the arrangements. For seven weeks she would live with a local family while she took classes en … Continue reading →

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The Commerce Comet

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Ellen Ross

I love to ski. Downhill. (No cross-country for me. Too much work. I need gravity.) I came to skiing late in life, aided and abetted by my handsome, easy-going Snowmass ski instructor. The gods of Ullr were smiling down on … Continue reading →

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The Voice

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Ellen Ross

I’ve always been susceptible to the charms of a soothing voice. Certain accents, cadences, lilts, intonations are literally music to my ears. And I especially love ones that hail from across the pond. The United Kingdom to be exact. This … Continue reading →

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(Step) Mother’s Day

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Ellen Ross

Author’s note: This post is dedicated to Julie, Patti and Amy- my three step daughters of twenty years. Terrific women all. We’ve all read the depressing statistics. The divorce rate in the United States hovers around 50% these days. And … Continue reading →

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LuJoe

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Ellen Ross

Romeo and Juliet. Napoleon and Josephine. The Duke and Duchess of Windsor. I only have to mention these three couples and you’ll instantly know I’m thinking about legendary love stories. These names, inextricably linked together, have gone down through the … Continue reading →

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Never Mind

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Ellen Ross

Will you ever wait in a restaurant? I don’t mean for a few minutes as they freshen your table or get rid of the dawdlers still lingering there. I mean would you, do you, hang around a long time in … Continue reading →

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My Dinner with Albie

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Ellen Ross

Author’s Note: This post is dedicated to the cherished memory of Barry Lind. He loved the movie Two for the Road as much as I did. I thought about him the whole time I was writing this. God bless you, … Continue reading →

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