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Month: September 2021

September 30, 2021

Karen’s heart always on her sleeve

Former Notre Dame associate athletic director John Heisler was a mover and shaker on campus for more than 40 years. Yet you wouldn’t find…

September 28, 2021

Kissing the Frog: Chapters 10-12

CHAPTER 10 The rest of the weekend was pretty boring — but how could it be any other way after accidentally decking Kelly Carson…

September 25, 2021

Kissing the Frog: Chapters 13-15

CHAPTER  13 The next morning, we got up and ran even though we had a meet that night. I just can’t talk Wheat out…

September 24, 2021

Occasionally, you need to be a guy

I wore my soft-spike golf shoes to class today. It’s OK. I’m the teacher. The Saint Mary’s College students, who are all female and…

September 24, 2021

We all miss friends like Harold

I was reading the obituaries today and learned of the passing of Harold Lowe.       Harold was a colleague during my journalism days at…

September 21, 2021

Moor or Less: Terry Brennan held his own

NOTE: Ken Bradford contributed to this story. Terry Brennan died two weeks ago at the age of 93, No news story in the Tribune…

September 20, 2021

Thoughts on the afterlife

I don’t see a dead body very often. So when I do, I still react. And think. Driving home from vacation, my wife and…

September 17, 2021

Moor or Less: Don’t Mess With Bill

“Don’t mess with Bill.” Ha, ha, that song did me a lot of good. When the Marvelettes sang that Top 10 hit back in…

September 11, 2021

More or Less: We remember Katie on 9/11

When Dick McCloskey would be up in his plane for his aerial photography business, he felt especially close to his daughter Katie. “When I…

September 9, 2021

This dream got a little squirrelly

Before I begin this strange narrative, let me say for the record that, despite being a product of the ‘60s, I have not, nor…

September 9, 2021

Kissing the Frog: Chapters 7-9

CHAPTER 7 Inside, Lake was wattling along with his diaper drooping.  “Barf, barf, barf,” he said while smiling at me. I looked at Wheat…

September 9, 2021

Moor or Less: A veteran’s response to 9/11

Twenty years. Sometimes, 9/11 seems like forever ago and sometimes, the horrors of that day hit me — and probably you — as if…

September 6, 2021

We had fun and flourished on Grammy’s porch

When I walk in the evening, in various neighborhoods around town, I always take special note of the homes that have screened-in front porches….

September 1, 2021

A “kitchen reno”? Good luck with that

At our house, if you want a glass of ice water, you have to go to the living room to fetch the glass.  Then…

September 1, 2021

Kissing the Frog: Chapter 6

Later at practice, Coach Mathews pulled Wheat and me aside and  said that Benny Goodchild’s mom had called and said that along with the…

September 1, 2021

A deep dive into one collector’s vinyl

Years ago, when I had some control over a newspaper page, I was looking for a fun way to get readers involved. I came…

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