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Author: Bill Moor

September 17, 2021

Moor or Less: Don’t Mess With Bill

“Don’t mess with Bill.” Ha, ha, that song did me a lot of good. When the Marvelettes sang that Top 10 hit back in…

September 11, 2021

More or Less: We remember Katie on 9/11

When Dick McCloskey would be up in his plane for his aerial photography business, he felt especially close to his daughter Katie. “When I…

September 9, 2021

Kissing the Frog: Chapters 7-9

CHAPTER 7 Inside, Lake was wattling along with his diaper drooping.  “Barf, barf, barf,” he said while smiling at me. I looked at Wheat…

September 9, 2021

Moor or Less: A veteran’s response to 9/11

Twenty years. Sometimes, 9/11 seems like forever ago and sometimes, the horrors of that day hit me — and probably you — as if…

September 1, 2021

Kissing the Frog: Chapter 6

Later at practice, Coach Mathews pulled Wheat and me aside and  said that Benny Goodchild’s mom had called and said that along with the…

August 31, 2021

Moor or Less: Hey, Alexa, do you know Siri?

My wife, always the thoughtful one, bought me an Amazon Echo Dot for Christmas. Her name is Alexa — the Echo Dot, not my…

August 26, 2021

Kissing the Frog: Chapter 5

Next morning in Big Jim’s car, Sally looked back at me and said, “Nice shiner, little man. Did Kelly Carson give you that?” “He…

August 26, 2021

Moor or Less: A toast to the late, great Red Mack

When writing about former Notre Dame running back William “Red” Mack, it’s hard to know how to begin.   Do I start with how…

August 21, 2021

Kissing the Frog: Chapter 4

I won’t go into all my dealings with Wheat after school but you can bet I didn’t hit her in the arm like Big…

August 21, 2021

Moor or Less: I dug it, I dig it

“What are you doing?“ my wife asked with the same concern in her voice that she has any time I have a tool in…

August 15, 2021

Moor or Less: Milt Lee’s dream job with South Bend schools

Milt Lee knows they are laughing at him. He doesn’t care. That’s because he thinks someday he’ll have the last laugh. As the South…

August 15, 2021

Kissing the Frog: Chapter 3

  I should tell you right now that I have never been much of a ladies’ man. Maybe I will be someday but not…

August 6, 2021

Kissing the Frog: Chapter 2

We got up at 5:45 the next morning and ran four miles before breakfast. We do that most mornings. Why? Wheat says that’s what…

August 3, 2021

Moor or Less: This Website, the Cubs and Karen

When I retired in late 2008 after almost 36 years with the Tribune, I was able to go on and do several really neat…

August 1, 2021

Moor or Less: Two good neighbors gone

Our neighborhood has taken a one-two punch to the gut in recent months. Even as home prices rise, we feel a little poorer around…

July 30, 2021

Kissing the Frog, Chapter 1

My mind was all over the place. My left shoulder was staying put. Staying put … put … put … OK, it just moved…

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