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Month: January 2022

January 29, 2022

Cincinnati Bagels (Who Dey?) And Other NFL Playoff Observations From My Couch

Cincinnati Bagels (Who Dey) & Other NFL Playoff Observations from My Couch Unless my 70-plus year-old brain is failing me again, I seem to…

January 29, 2022

Mulligan Stew: How I Know Jeff Pelley is Guilty of “The Prom Night Murders”

OK, I will no longer wait for someone to ask me how I was involved in solving the “Prom Night” murders.  Jeff Pelley was…

January 25, 2022

Thoughts of Friendship

You know that saying, “You’re the average of the five people you surround yourself with”?  Friends. I thank God for them. I see them…

January 22, 2022

Moor or Less: She continues to help her fellow Kenyans

Note: This story is part of a series that Bill Moor is writing for Clay Methodist Church on some of its members’ lives, including…

January 20, 2022

Children of incarcerated are not forgotten by Angel Tree

My church, Grace United Methodist Church in South Bend, has for years participated in the Angel Tree program, where our members purchase Christmas gifts…

January 16, 2022

Moor or Less: Bullets flew while she continued to practice

Note: This story is part of a series that Bill Moor is writing for Clay Methodist Church on some of its members’ lives, including…

January 12, 2022

So, is this how you want your baseball card to look?

I’ve had time to catch up on my baseball card collection, and that’s how I got reacquainted with John Ellis.  Like most baseball fans,…

January 12, 2022

And from the readers…

Here’s an e-mail from Andy Nickle, a retired South Bend attorney who is a graduate of Adams High School, Hillsdale College and Notre Dame’s…

January 11, 2022

Moor or Less: Remembering Ross, following Eric, decluttering duty

Notre Dame defensive end Ross Browner couldn’t get a grasp on Pitt’s Tony Dorsett as he dashed out of the Panthers’ backfield in the…

January 6, 2022

Take one from the team

When I was 8 years old, my family lived on a farm in German Township, and we didn’t get into South Bend very often….

January 5, 2022

Moor or Less: A fist bump? No sweat

When I was 10 or 11 years old, I was leading my family out of our church’s sanctuary when our senior pastor stuck out…

January 5, 2022

This poetic plunge is not to be

Early winter, the lake beckons us to skate. Though it may look like glass, I think it best to pass. For under my weight,…

January 5, 2022

It’s sad what has happened to our newspapers

I read Ken Bradford’s post titled “Gannett doesn’t care what happens in your neighborhood”  and certainly could relate. Although I never worked for the…

January 3, 2022

Visiting some old sites in a newly-bought car

Editor’s note: Moorandmore contributor and retired South Bend pharmacist Charlie Spiher wrote this story about his recent journey down memory lane after picking up…

January 1, 2022

Mulligan Stew: Here’s some lessons I learned in 2021

Instead of looking forward to the new year, let’s reflect for a moment on 2021.  What did you learn this past year?  Here are…

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