Welcome!

Welcome to my new blog about local politics, education, motherhood and whatever else strikes my fancy.  Depending on my mood you may get a fabulous recipe for almond raspberry thumbprints or a long rant about the nonsense common core math problems that are torturing children.  As a former Alderman and unabashed political activist, you will hear a lot about politics.  It's all in fun so let's try to keep it clean.
 Animal Farm is one of my all-time favorites.  Orwell described his book as his first to fuse political with the artistic.  Power corrupts is a message that will resonate with anybody paying attention.  And who didn't love Snowball?