Diana Durkes

Founder of charitable thrift shop, recycler, mom of 5, wife, doorman to two cats.

[Idara @Idarabasimi]

At 3 a.m., my stepmother and sisters copied my credit card while I was asleep. By morning, they had blown $100,000 on a luxury getaway and thought they got away with it. Three days later, they came home smirking and thanked me for the trip.
I laughed, because that card was

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@ThatEricAlper Veep

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Solstice celebrants at Lighthouse Beach.

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@DonkeySanctuary YES, Thank you!

[Berda Perfect @BerdaPerfect]

😲A pair of reading glasses that can look far and near, smart zoom, you can look far and near in one pair! 👓

🛒Get it 👉https://t.co/AIdDzk1V23

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@Littof @househipsters AKA HomeGoods Wisdom.

[John Evans @JohnEva80776257]

My store is frequently targeted by addicts, drunks and “homeless.” They scare my customers and young children. The city does NOTHING except look for more homeless to put in the Margarita Inn. #etownhatesretail

[John Evans @JohnEva80776257]

Today at 3:45 PM on Sherman Ave. in the heart of downtown Evanston.

If any new retailer is checking out my town I sure hope they don't see this.

@EvanstonChamber
@EvanstonNow
@EvRoundTable
@DowntwnEvanston
@CityofEvanston

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Let's dance in style, let's dance for awhile. Alphaville passed by me in the 80's, it's here now and worth the obsession.

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@evanstonArt My neighbors and I are seemingly going it alone in opposition to the shelter. Need the most effective strategy we can organize As atty, former alderman and Ev resident, could you offer advice? Phone call?

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@evanstonART Agree with your assessment of impact on Evanston, police, neighborhood, taxes with homeless shelter in Margarita Inn

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@EvanstonART Thank you for your succinct comment about the Margarita Inn Homeless Shelter in Evanston Roundtable.

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What's so hard about putting away the vacuum cleaner? Asking for a friend.

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1959 John Kearney Painting in Evanston, Illinois (via @shopapttherapy) https://t.co/f84ArwqSQG

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"When we...listen to trees... the brevity and the quickness and the childlike hastiness of our thoughts achieve an incomparable joy." Thx to @brainpicker for weekly joy.

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Marry me, @amysedarisrocks. I promise to make potato ships and lamb chops every single day.

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There's always a market for self-aggrandizement.
----Kate Durkes

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Nazhbkhvhiuv😍😑lower Jan n n not ijnb c

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I suspect most of my neighbors are writing books. The e-learning guy on my east side, definitely YA. Across the street, serial board books.