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Terry Edlin 5/9/26 Terry Edlin 5/9/26

At the threshold of a new era

Photo: Alexander Sinn

Steep ravine with trees at the top.

Terry Edlin 11/12/25 Terry Edlin 11/12/25

Relationships First. Housing Second.

What If Your Tribe Enjoyed Your Sense of Humor?
What if they were fun, witty, and available—like the Golden Girls or Friends? Who doesn’t want that?

Terry Edlin 11/4/25 Terry Edlin 11/4/25

A Better Way to Live Together

A Better Way to Live Together. We all want to be seen, heard, and supported.

Terry Edlin 10/29/25 Terry Edlin 10/29/25

The Nightmare

Terry Edlin 10/22/25 Terry Edlin 10/22/25

Drama Princess at the Laundromat

Watching her, I couldn’t help but think: if ours were a community that held one another up, she wouldn’t be in that laundromat on a dark Sunday evening.

Terry Edlin 10/15/25 Terry Edlin 10/15/25

Better alternatives to growing old and parenting

Flowers on the table

Terry Edlin 10/8/25 Terry Edlin 10/8/25

“We’ve got your back” beats “It’s just us”

Photo by Thao Phan T. Phuong on Unsplash

Terry Edlin 10/3/25 Terry Edlin 10/3/25

The shutdown confirms that we are on our own

Help each other | Terry Edlin

Terry Edlin 10/1/25 Terry Edlin 10/1/25

That time I was

Racism is a virus. We are the vaccine.

Terry Edlin 9/29/25 Terry Edlin 9/29/25

Brokenhearted white privilege in a broken country in a broken world

Thirsty, struggling guy on Montrose Avenue welcomes water from a stranger.

Terry Edlin 9/24/25 Terry Edlin 9/24/25

Asking your opinion

Woman explaining project with Post-it Notes

Terry Edlin 9/24/25 Terry Edlin 9/24/25

If Congress won’t fix our housing crisis we must

Toy plastic houses in a row

Terry Edlin 9/17/25 Terry Edlin 9/17/25

Developing group living homes

People eating together

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Terry Edlin 9/10/25 Terry Edlin 9/10/25

The good life: more fun, better housing

Toasting with friends

Terry Edlin 9/3/25 Terry Edlin 9/3/25

Are you hosting Thanksgiving this year?

Thanksgiving is an important holiday. For those who don’t have functional families, joining a quasi-family could work.

Terry Edlin 8/27/25 Terry Edlin 8/27/25

Starbucks Child Care Center

Proud kitten mama - a Demeter woman

Terry Edlin 8/25/25 Terry Edlin 8/25/25

Praise for CTA bus drivers and all employees

Photo by Jonathan J. Castellon on Unsplash

Terry Edlin 7/18/25 Terry Edlin 7/18/25

Single mom’s time crunch

Terry Edlin 7/18/25 Terry Edlin 7/18/25

I wept when I bought my MAC

Terry Edlin 7/18/25 Terry Edlin 7/18/25

Litter - a sign of our tragic pathology

The young children’s father shielded them from my judgements about littering.