
Saturday coffee.

Democrat Illinois House Representative Robyn Gabel. Is she crazy?
We woke to as close to the definition of a Fall day as anyone could claim. A chill in the air. A little rain. Then sun wandering behind scattered gray clouds.
Chicago already knew.
The leaves on the Dogwood in the backyard had given us a rusty warning signal earlier in the week.
Yesterday I had coffee at Peet’s. I sat at the counter, but there was some sticky stuff. Joanne, a Peet’s employee grabbed a wet cloth. I offered to wipe it off.
I laughed because there is an older gentleman who often sits there. He orders coffee but he pulls the rest of his