Patti Koltes

Real Life © by Patti Koltes. Contact her at pkoltes@gmail.com.

Real Life – For the Love of Sticks

If someone had told me years ago that I would be spending as much time golfing as I do, I would have laughed out...

Real Life – The Place To Be

The last time my movie and dinner-discussion friends and I saw a film, it was Hamnet, a serious tale based on the death of...

Real Life – Reboot

While most sensible adults would try to avoid the travel congestion during Spring Break, I booked four flights over seven days! I admit the reports...

Real Life – Seeking Joy

Three to four times a year, a celestial optical illusion occurs wherein the planet Mercury appears to move backwards in the sky. I know this...

Real Life – Be Prepared

I hadn’t been in an ambulance since I got food poisoning when I was 23. That highly embarrassing episode had unfolded at work, yet it...

Real Life – It’s the Little Things

Although I do not make New Year’s resolutions, I do employ an on-going assessment of how I’m feeling, and respond accordingly. Many people kick off...

Real Life – The Middle Way

My siblings describe me as a planner, but I am also a home organizing enthusiast. Our family of origin was very regimented, so this proclivity...

Real Life – Life Is but a Dream

A very jovial Target employee directed me today to a shopper’s dream, a check-out line that was going to open just when I needed...

Real Life – Playing Possum

This spring, I had been warned that I had a raccoon issue, but channeling the myth of the ostrich, I apparently stuck my head...

Real Life – Road Trip

Although the last three years of blistering heat and poor air quality have been the exception, summer in Chicagoland is not something to escape. I...