Anne Ford
Big brother brag
My brother, the incredibly talented woodworker John Ford, has a new web site: john-ford.com. He’s just back from the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York, where his beautiful chairs took an ICFF Studio Award. He makes truly amazing things. I mean, look at this. Or this. He’s also a terrific artist. This is a […]
Crowds are the suck
Shortly after moving to Chicago years ago, I went to see the city’s Fourth of July fireworks in Grant Park with my housemates. By the time we got there at 5 PM, there was barely enough room on the grass for our blanket. And after the fireworks ended, we found ourselves walking being carried along […]
How I find those people, anyway
When people find out I’m a freelance writer, they usually ask me what I write about (mostly profiles and travel, some health and religion), whether I write stories and then try to sell them (nope, mostly the reverse), and whether it’s really possible to support oneself this way (yes indeed, though it’s not a cakewalk). And […]
Why trees are freaky good for you
Now that Chicago has decided to have a real spring instead of a fake summer, I’ve been reminded of some research I did last year for an article on the benefits of trees. Turns out trees aren’t just good for the environment; they’re also good for your health in all kinds of unexpected ways. For […]
Peaceful update
About three-quarters of the way through writing Peaceful Places, I hit a wall. I couldn’t find another peaceful place to save my life. And about the fiftieth time that someone suggested the Bahá’í Temple*, I started experiencing a sensation that I’m just going to call not peace. Then, after I had ferreted out all 119 […]