Welcome to the Terry Writers blog

Although many blogs specialize around one theme—to build the author’s “brand”—we’re opting for serendipity, for discovery, in a culture growing narrower as schools drop the arts, music, geography and even cursive writing. In a culture where people look at their phones, not at each other, and search online for a specific subject with little time or opportunity for discovery.

Our passions range from volunteer tourism and trips down the path-less-traveled to property tax inequality in Chicago; from character-filled homes to chemical-free gardening, eco-friendly farming and healthier eating, but we’re always open to the unexpected.

Terry Writers

Legend Erwin Helfer: and The Blues Go On

What the legendary Chicago piano player IS wired for, obviously, is boogie-woogie, blues and jazz, which he also loves, and ...
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EASY READING

The old idea about “retirement” is gone, says Chris Farrell, author of a new book, “Unretirement: How Baby Boomers Are Changing ...
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GMO: YES OR NO?

As consumers in several states attempt to pass legislation labeling genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in their food, industry groups and ...
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT

TRAFFIC-STOPPING CHEESES At Chicago’s Green City Market, Brunkow Cheese of Fayette, Wis., stops traffic with a chalk signboard in front ...
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VOLUNTEER TRAVEL — NOT JUST DOING GOOD

One rule Cliff learned in the Army was the firm admonition, "Never volunteer." Well, that was then.  ...
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