August 22, 2022 Gus the gopher at least fared better than Gertie in our backyard In the almost three decades I’ve lived in my modest 1950s-era south side South Bend home, my backyard has been a mini-wildlife/nature preserve. Nothing…
August 14, 2022 It’s sad to see the church that helped raise me set to close News of the impending end came via my brother. Although talk about the demise of Faith United Methodist Church had been circulating for months…
July 6, 2022 Tutt Library’s disruption was personal to me An ugly incident occurred at the Virginia Tutt Branch of the St. Joseph County Public Library on June 27. According to a story published…
July 4, 2022 Is social media causing the demise of in-person class reunions? South Bend’s James Whitcomb Riley High School class of 1982 has the a “significant” reunion this July. Reunions aren’t what they used to be….
June 12, 2022 Volunteering to help the homeless changed how I view them — and my own comfort Mike was late that evening. The Project Warm volunteers had arrived and set out some food. The men had gathered. I delivered a short…
May 28, 2022 Lowering the flag: Is that the best we can do after school children die from gun violence We’ve lowered the flags to half-staff yet again in front of our government buildings, schools, and cathedrals of consumption. It is such a trite…
May 1, 2022 Commuting to work by bike can be challenging but worth it Fifteen years ago, a co-worker who rode his bicycle to and from work almost every day, year-round, talked me into giving the bike-to-work commute…
April 9, 2022 My college education wasn’t all about the classroom I arrived at Indiana University in late August 1982. My dad drove up from Louisville to South Bend to transport me to Bloomington for…
March 27, 2022 The American Dream is becoming a nightmare for many There’s no place like home. Home is where the heart is. Owning your own home is the American Dream. For the past 36 years,…
March 7, 2022 The sweet sound of an affliction called nostalgia “The things you loved when you were young will never be able to make you young again. The reluctant acceptance of this fact is…
February 23, 2022 Even as a longtime fainter, I can still donate blood I come from a line of fainters, at least that has been my life-long story. My maternal grandfather was a fainter, according to my…
January 20, 2022 Children of incarcerated are not forgotten by Angel Tree My church, Grace United Methodist Church in South Bend, has for years participated in the Angel Tree program, where our members purchase Christmas gifts…
January 5, 2022 It’s sad what has happened to our newspapers I read Ken Bradford’s post titled “Gannett doesn’t care what happens in your neighborhood” and certainly could relate. Although I never worked for the…
