January 28, 2023 Moor or Less: In this digital age, I like my map on paper I have my road atlas open on the kitchen table as I jump from page to page … state to state … map to…
January 25, 2023 Moor or Less: Oh, brother, more nicknames Below are some of the responses I received after my recent nicknames’ column. My pithy comments are in italics: _______ Nobody probably knows nicknames…
January 19, 2023 Moor or Less: I prefer Spanky over Moor-on When I went off to college, I had no real nicknames. I finally had outgrown my “Little Bill” designation around the family, although I…
January 6, 2023 Moor or Less: How about some recycled resolutions? When I was writing regularly for the South Bend Tribune, I always used to share my New Year’s resolutions in an early January column….
December 30, 2022 Moor or Less: A gift with Pur-Pur-Purdue on it I almost jumped back in shock when I opened the Christmas present that my daughter and her family gave me. It was a Purdue…
December 24, 2022 And from our readers …. My Christmas column last week stirred up some memories for a few of our readers. So I’ll let them have the (needle-covered) floor. Here…
December 20, 2022 Here is my story about ‘Close Encounters of the Urge Kind’ My wife would sleep like a rock if only a rock softly and sweetly snored. You get the point, though. Once she falls asleep,…
December 12, 2022 Moor or Less: Of Christmas lights, Chocolate Charlie and loaded cigars I like multi-colored strands of lights for our two trees — one small real one from Roseland Garden Center and our nine-foot artificial one…
December 4, 2022 Moor or Less: Count on it — I have a one-track mind I drew a few curious looks as I sat on the hood of my car in the Kroc Center’s parking lot and watched a…
November 25, 2022 Moor or less: It’s great to be a guy (and other titles) on Thanksgiving “It must be great being a man during Thanksgiving,” my wife grumbled while preparing The Big Meal. Well, yes, it is, I mouthed to…
November 18, 2022 Moor or Less: Of hamlets and Harland Sanders off I-75 On our recent trip to Florida (before the bombardment of snow), I didn’t get to drive much. I couldn’t complain. We were traveling with…
November 14, 2022 Moor or less: A car can be a treasure trove of … well, stuff My wife cleaned out her car the other day. Bravo, I said. But then she started glaring over at my baby — my 2005…
November 6, 2022 Moor or Less: Well, shoot, we tried to help I didn’t glimpse any shotgun barrels aimed our way but I certainly saw the sign beyond a vast pile of hurricane debris outside the…
October 28, 2022 Moor or less: Of moms, grandkids and, yep, colonoscopies I sat around with two buddies the other day and instead of discussing our aches and pains, our lousy golf swings and our wives’…
October 20, 2022 Moor or less: I miss The Fiberglass Fish but not its dreadful tune Well, our old canoe has been transported back to the family lake cottage, which means my back might finally recover — and I now…
October 12, 2022 Moor or Less: A busy young man, a Broadway star and two lost neighbors Do you remember that beer commercial that unveiled “the most interesting man in the world”? I thought the bearded, suave guy looked more like some…
October 5, 2022 Moor or Less: Of Captain Cubbo, Ronnie Woo Woo and other bleacher creatures Some lasting thoughts after Sunday’s last home game for the Chicago Cub — 8-1 winners over the Cincinnati Reds: A little girl cried when…
September 29, 2022 Moor or less: Grandkids’ socks seem to go either unmatched, unclaimed or unwashed As I pulled my T-shirt down over my head, I thought I was being assaulted by some kind of small rodent or reptile. Instead,…
September 20, 2022 Moor or Less: A close call for coaching legend (and careless cyclist) I was looking down for my water bottle as we went around a curve on our tandem bike when my wife suddenly yelled, “Watch…
September 13, 2022 Moor or less: The Monday morning quarterbacks aren’t whispering anymore I’ve never been much of a Monday morning quarterback. For a quarter of a century, I did my second-guessing on Sundays. I covered Notre…