July 31, 2023 For the (very) rich Irish fans, these accommodations are for you Yikes I’m doing some Craigslist math……..hmmmmm. Weekend, Thursday, Friday & Saturday nights, all inclusive Basic : 2BR, 2BA condo, secure, quiet, cul-de-sac with authentic…
July 30, 2023 Lots of additions to Battell Park, but historic rock garden hard to top The City of Mishawaka has a new rock star at Its oldest park. Battell Park, dedicated in 1881, has a newly opened playground and…
July 29, 2023 Why not a coast-to-coast football conference? (This is a letter from University of Notre Dame alumnus Cappy Cagnon to fellow alum Bubba Cunningham, the University of North Carolina athletics director.)…
July 29, 2023 Mark and Wendy’s Excellent Adventure: A time of reflection Editor’s note: Mark Bradford is contributing occasional posts from his diary on traveling the country with his wife Wendy while they rent out their…
July 26, 2023 Mark and Wendy’s Excellent Adventure: Checking out Halifax’s museums Editor’s note: Mark Bradford is contributing occasional posts from his diary on traveling the country with his wife Wendy while they rent out their…
July 26, 2023 Moor or Less: Uninvited guest is growing on me I’m not sure when it first showed up, but it certainly has made itself at home in my wife’s garden. Sort of like how…
July 25, 2023 Oh for those black-and-white days of TV As you know, I’m a big fan of old TV shows. Oftentimes when watching these old black and white shows, I see an actor…
July 23, 2023 Mark and Wendy’s Excellent Adventure: Overdosing on Green Gables Editor’s note: Mark Bradford is contributing occasional posts from his diary on traveling the country with his wife Wendy while they rent out their…
July 23, 2023 Wayne’s World: From Formula 409 to loneliness to the complexity of the brain Lately, I’ve been thinking about Formula 409. Thinking about it a lot. My mother bought Formula 409 with gusto, likely with extreme prejudice against…
July 18, 2023 This One’s Served Over-Hard – A Trip to the World’s Largest Concrete Egg “You guys wanna go see the egg?” I asked as we pointed our car south on Indiana 19 from Etna Green, all part of…
July 17, 2023 Moor or Less: What’s in a Little League name? We were talking about team names and I told the table that I had once played on a Little League team called the White Owls…
July 15, 2023 A return to IU never gets old, despite the drive It rained for most of the trip from South Bend to Bloomington on July 8. There might have been a little speck of sunshine…
July 14, 2023 These highly-successful guys had at least one thing in common Because of my well-known proclivity in areas like this you will immediately know the answer to this question. What do the following men have…
July 14, 2023 Mark and Wendy’s Excellent Adventure: Bay of Fundy neat; our motel not so much Editor’s note: Mark Bradford is contributing occasional posts from his diary on traveling the country with his wife Wendy while they rent out their…
July 12, 2023 The Box This box. It’s a treasure trove of swim trophies (high point, sportsmanship, and even a bobblehead among them). Baseball trophies, team photos of cross…
July 10, 2023 Who are those guys? Would you believe they’re the Reds? Readers of a certain age may remember one of the iconic lines from the classic Western movie, “Butch Cassady & The Sundance Kid.” Butch…
July 9, 2023 Mark and Wendy’s Excellent Adventure: God visits in many forms Editor’s note: Mark Bradford is contributing occasional posts from his diary on traveling the country with his wife Wendy while they rent out their…
July 9, 2023 Moor or less: We’ve all had our ‘rocky’ moments II’m sort of a collector and connoisseur of rocks. Me and Fred Flintstone. I guess there are worse hobbies. So when I was moving…
July 6, 2023 What goes around, comes around When we’re teenagers and young adults, it seems that many times we tend to focus on our how our world views vary from the…
July 6, 2023 Here’s a couple of old Irish players who found more infamy than fame Because I have had some good luck publishing items in various encyclopedias and journals, I have often (occasionally/once in a while) been asked by…