January 12, 2022 So, is this how you want your baseball card to look? I’ve had time to catch up on my baseball card collection, and that’s how I got reacquainted with John Ellis. Like most baseball fans,…
January 6, 2022 Take one from the team When I was 8 years old, my family lived on a farm in German Township, and we didn’t get into South Bend very often….
November 22, 2021 “Accept and move on” doesn’t have the same effect it once had One of my favorite stories is an old one, told by a friend of mine 20 years ago. His editor had had a terrible…
November 3, 2021 My father, a WW II veteran, wasn’t a whiner I’ve been in a mood to write about my father lately. He died about 20 years ago. His memorial service was on the day…
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 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…
August 15, 2021 The Pooh Power of Really Good Service T “Winnie the Pooh doesn’t know what to do, got a honey jar stuck on his nose.” This article really should be no…
August 1, 2021 Our box of stuff ubi amor ibi oculus Years ago, when my father and I were renovating my first house, we ran into a snag. We had torn…
