October 7, 2022 Who says you can’t go back via a second honeymoon? The Cambridge dictionary describes a second honeymoon as a romantic holiday taken by a couple who have been married for some time. Although there…
September 29, 2022 A different career? A sports historian would have been pretty cool Recently, I wrote an article for this website about a daughter-driven project to tell the story of my life to my grandkids through a…
August 14, 2022 Here’s some questions to chew on In the spirit of the current Twizzlers TV campaign, I just thought I would share some truly profound questions for you to chew on. …
August 7, 2022 A modest proposal for putting the college sports genie back in the bottle College sports is a mess. I think most people will agree with that statement. However, the ideas I am about to put forth I…
July 29, 2022 Being ‘a good person’ may be the ultimate compliment In the 40 years my wife and I ran our marketing communications business, we had only one situation that required legal action. A highly…
July 4, 2022 Everyone has a story and here’s how I’m sharing mine with my offspring I’ve often wondered how or why ancient peoples did such a remarkable job of passing along oral histories from generation to generation. By contrast,…
June 23, 2022 A continuing mystery — or miracle — around Father’s Day To call my late father an avid gardener would be a profound understatement. After putting in 10-plus hours every working day as the head…
May 16, 2022 Youth sports: The Good, Bad & Ugly When I was in my youth, many years ago, participating in sports was simple. In the fall, you played football. In winter, basketball. In…
April 13, 2022 Brian Kelly shows true colors — and they aren’t pretty Being from Cincinnati, I heard a lot of negative opinions about Brian Kelly. At the time, I attributed it to sour grapes over the…
January 29, 2022 Cincinnati Bagels (Who Dey?) And Other NFL Playoff Observations From My Couch Cincinnati Bagels (Who Dey) & Other NFL Playoff Observations from My Couch Unless my 70-plus year-old brain is failing me again, I seem to…
January 5, 2022 This poetic plunge is not to be Early winter, the lake beckons us to skate. Though it may look like glass, I think it best to pass. For under my weight,…
November 5, 2021 A wonderful community that’s for the birds My wife and I bought our first home in the spring of 1975. It was in the Sunnymede area on the near east side…
September 9, 2021 This dream got a little squirrelly Before I begin this strange narrative, let me say for the record that, despite being a product of the ‘60s, I have not, nor…
August 24, 2021 Worst. Day. After. Recent news about Hurricane Henri hitting New York City brought back a flood of memories. And not particularly pleasant ones. The incidences of hurricanes…