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…
September 9, 2022 Moor or less: Two churches sponsor a race while talking about race A few fast runners led the way, followed by a bunch of dedicated joggers and then a lot of carefree walkers at last Saturday’s…
August 28, 2022 Moor or less: Woody was always a presence in the pressbox Last week, the South Bend Cubs named the pressbox at Four Winds Field after the late Forrest “Woody” Miller, my old comrade at the…
August 22, 2022 Moor or less: A week with Covid and without a TV or wife Could it get any worse? My wife was out of town for four days on a girl jaunt … our internet line had been…
August 17, 2022 Moor or less: Can you help me out of my reading rut? I’m looking for a few good books. Seriously, I need to get out of my rut of reading about rogue or retired CIA agents…
August 8, 2022 Moor or less: Both my wife and the frogs have embraced my bigger pond I expanded my backyard pond a few weeks ago. It was traumatic for both my wife and the frogs that were inhabiting its smaller…
July 30, 2022 Moor or Less: Feisty and fearless, Joy will be missed Aletha “Joy” Holloway grabbed a broom and looked like she was ready to use it … on me. “Not that bush! Not that bush!”…
July 16, 2022 Moor or Less: A lost friend and lots of regret I was lined up with three or four other junior high school runners waiting to run the third leg of a relay when the…
July 9, 2022 Moor or less: This big bill (or Benjamin) has got to go I owed BillB a dollar after our weekly round of Friday golf. As you can see, we are big bettors. “I don’t have a dollar…
June 30, 2022 Moor or less: I had my grandkids’ numbers — or so I thought I’m always looking for ways to annoy my grandkids. Life wouldn’t be so fun if I couldn’t. So while we are on a family…
June 22, 2022 Moor or less: My bike was okay in the bar but my shorts ….? I carried my bike through Pejza’s Tavern in Lydick and out onto the patio where some of my buddies were gathering for lunch. They…
June 15, 2022 Moor or Less: Of the Covid tightrope, Time’s cover and a Doobies’ song My sister, nephew and his wife came back from a trip to Disney World with their little ones and then tested positive for Covid….
June 9, 2022 Of friendly pushes … counting blessings … and another try with a tree The elderly lady looked in pain as she leaned over her walker and waited in the restaurant’s parking lot. “You OK?” I asked. “Not…
May 30, 2022 Moor or less: I made John Floyd’s great granddaughter cry I made a little girl cry the other day. Her grandmother brought her to the garden center where I do some part-time work this…
May 20, 2022 Moor or Less: One too many Me’s on Facebook Facebook? Maybe not. About 10 years ago, I did give it a try. I slowly accumulated “friends” and never posted a single thing. And…
May 10, 2022 Moor or Less: Carl Evans is all about faith and family I found Carl Evans where he often is these days — in the bleachers watching one of his 11 grandkids compete. We talked about…
May 5, 2022 Moor or Less: A Caveman (and Hoosier) forever I was walking down the Penn High School bleachers while John Roggeman was coming up, decked out in his I.U. red. I liked his…
April 26, 2022 More or Less: Remembering seven people who made me smile I used to chuckle when somebody would say to me, “Your (South Bend Tribune) column is the first thing I read right after the…
April 16, 2022 Moor or Less: Cyclist takes us on ride through local history Aaron Helman is my kind of guy. The 38-year-old South Bender is an avid cyclist, a born-and-raised Chicago Cub fan and Clay Methodist…
