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…
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…
