October 14, 2021 Remembering a friend’s unconventional life: Both his writing and career took many turns I usually don’t write tributes. I’m suspicious of them. Too often, I know the person being featured, and their life stories end up sounding…
October 3, 2021 Sara Stewart feeds and unites a community Sara Stewart’s journey with Unity Gardens is well-known, but it deserves repeating. In 2008, she was a public health nurse and educator when she…
October 2, 2021 My lessons from the softball parking lot The best lesson I learned about retirement didn’t come from a seminar or an AARP Magazine. It came from a guy named Mike who…
September 21, 2021 Moor or Less: Terry Brennan held his own NOTE: Ken Bradford contributed to this story. Terry Brennan died two weeks ago at the age of 93, No news story in the Tribune…
September 20, 2021 Thoughts on the afterlife I don’t see a dead body very often. So when I do, I still react. And think. Driving home from vacation, my wife and…
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 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…
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 6, 2021 We had fun and flourished on Grammy’s porch When I walk in the evening, in various neighborhoods around town, I always take special note of the homes that have screened-in front porches….
September 1, 2021 A deep dive into one collector’s vinyl Years ago, when I had some control over a newspaper page, I was looking for a fun way to get readers involved. I came…
August 31, 2021 Bill Bilinski? Cool There’s a game my wife, Kate, and I often use to kill windshield time on long drives. We call it “Cool/Not Cool” and the…
August 31, 2021 A river documentary you shouldn’t miss For all my life I have assumed that the St. Joseph River is just a river. I grew up driving across the river to…
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 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…
August 21, 2021 My Dad’s Clock And Its Mysterious Bongs So, physics or psychics? It is a question that has been hanging over my head for more than 20 years and just presented itself…
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 8, 2021 The Squabble Sisters can’t stop bickering I suppose a lot of us kept lists last year. I made one, called “Where the Money Is,” so my survivors would know 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…