Joan Wehlen Morrison Quotes & Sayings

Arden Shore Camp in Lake Bluff, Illinois, a camp for poor children and those at risk for delinquency. — Joan Wehlen Morrison

between September 1, 1939, and December 1940 the family moved from Cornelia Avenue on the North Side to the South Side near the University of Chicago, so that Joan wouldn't have so far to go to U-High or the University of Chicago. The exact number on Harper Avenue is not known. They later moved to 4950 South Blackstone; by 1942, they moved to 5629 South Dorchester Avenue. — Joan Wehlen Morrison

821 Cornelia Avenue — Joan Wehlen Morrison

Wotan of Walhalla, — Joan Wehlen Morrison

Oh you, my generation!- we were a lovely lot! Sharp minds- arguing all the time and brittle bodies and even more brittle laughter- and all the time knowing that we were growing up to die. — Joan Wehlen Morrison

And when Iceberg heard about my measles, he laughed - laughed! Incidentally, he can go to hell! — Joan Wehlen Morrison

Precaution the Cuticle of a Grand Piano. Modern art [by Salvador Dali]. — Joan Wehlen Morrison

The city is rather good-looking on Sunday morning from the L - (anytime, [if] you have eyes for it) - spread rather magnificently from the lake far to the west. — Joan Wehlen Morrison

Merry Christmas" - Bing Crosby singing "Adeste fideles" on The Voice of State Street — Joan Wehlen Morrison

The L train passing noncommittally by so many lives, so many stories. — Joan Wehlen Morrison