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For months, “I’ve been grappling with the realization that I need a walker,” writes Ron Grossman. I have a neurological problem called festinating gait, which is often associated with Parkinson’s disease. One’s posture is tilted forward, foot steps are shuffling, one tires easily, one’s sense of balance is off. But it causes him to fall […]

John Kass asks (inside his Chicago Tribune column of July 6, 2016 where he asks in his title Call me crazy, but I sweep my garden.) He was striving for the perfect tomato this year, having covered the tomato patch with black landscape fabric. He then planted many tomato plants plus basil and onions. And […]