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“Without them being vaccinated, we’ve been moving forward with play dates, mostly outside, and often in large groups with masks,” she said. “Now that it’s getting colder, and outside play dates will be harder to move forward, I’m open to doing play dates inside.”

If you are paralyzed, you might want to rent a small storage unit to house items until you are ready. Understand, however, that this can bring up its own set of challenges. If you rent a unit, set regular goals to continue to go through and pare down these possessions.

Chenille Lawrence, a UIC sophomore in computer science, is an alumna of Girls Inc. of Chicago’s Bold Girl’s Society, a program that hopes to equip members with the knowledge and power necessary to advocate for freedom and lead boldly as they work together in service to others — work that includes STEM careers. (Girls Inc. of Chicago)

Just as your family has struggled through the pandemic, he has not had access to the familiar routines, services and support he might receive in school. He has missed a year of social growth, during a very important developmental phase of his life. And while your children might roll with the punches, he hasn’t mastered these skills.

Start with leaves. Leaves, like all dead, brown plant matter, are rich in carbon. A compost pile should include carbon-rich plant materials as well as nitrogen-rich ones — fresh, green things, such as weeds you’ve pulled, end-of-season annuals, and vegetable scraps from the kitchen. “If you can, stash extra leaves away in autumn so you have carbon-rich material to add all year,” Yiesla said.

Dear Amy: This holiday season, my cousin and his wife will visit after five or six years. He and I are close but the wife, apparently an introvert, enjoys her own space, which is fine. The times we have been together she is always on devices, also fine. However, she has an annoying habit of “fact-checking” everything anyone says. It really grates on me.

I see increasing shade in many gardens affecting the performance of full sun-loving plants, resulting in reduced flowering and thinning foliage. On the other hand, the foliage of shade-loving plants, such as hosta and pachysandra, in too much sun will typically start to yellow and burn (turn brown).

Megan McCann retrieves decorative items from a storage unit for her upcoming wedding reception, Nov. 5, 2021, in Chicago. McCann and her husband, Mike Hynes, were married in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, but their formal ceremony and reception for family and friends have been delayed until next month. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune)

A: Every single sector we look at in society — who’s in positions of some sort of leadership or power — there’s always underrepresentation of folks of color. That’s something that we want to change. I would love to see it in philanthropy, especially seeing folks of color who really understand the issues, have seen them firsthand, who have done work on the ground. Because then when you come to the philanthropic side, you really have an understanding of why and how the work is being done. When I was looking for work, a lot of positions required a master’s degree. And even though I have the experience of being an executive director for six years, running an organization from finances and human resources to the leadership of the organization, that doesn’t matter until you have certain credentials. We need to look at the disinvestment in communities of color and the education pipeline. How do we invest in them? But also just thinking about different types of leadership. Being a program officer, anybody can do the role. When I was an executive director, I would tell workers you could be the executive director of this organization — you’re a leader in the organization, you understand the organization, you know the work, because you’ve been on the ground, being workers in other positions where they’re helping run the organization. I was like, you can do it. Everybody is capable of doing it. I think we need to demystify this idea of professionalism and what professionalism means in order to open the doors for more people to come to the workforce, not only philanthropy.

Just under five hours west of Paradise, we saw two falls in Keweenaw: Jacob’s Falls, just a few feet off the road, and Douglass Houghton Falls outside Calumet. While the latter is not yet open to the public and is difficult to get to, it is Michigan’s tallest waterfall at 110 feet high. Near Munising, located between Keweenaw and Paradise, we saw falls from the boat ride at Pictured Rocks and also Munising Falls and Wagner Falls, both easy to get to and worth a visit.