June 22, 2023 Mulligan Stew: Oh, to hear my friend laugh again Several years ago, my husband and I were out on our golf cart, enjoying a beautiful day, and we drove past the Pheanis Wickey…
June 21, 2023 In less technical terms, we’re doomed Lately, I’ve been thinking about the Ordovician-Silurian extinction. Thinking about it a lot. Earthly extinctions come and go, but this one was particularly nasty….
June 19, 2023 Moor or Less: Managing a golf course and disease Mark Maurer, the operations assistant at Notre Dame’s Burke Golf Course, tries to live by the motto “Green Grass and Blue Skies.” That’s what…
June 14, 2023 Everybody is somebody at the U.S. Open The golf world watched in rapt attention this past May at the PGA Championship as club pro Michael Block snuck through the cutline and…
June 14, 2023 Reconnecting with old buddies never gets old Sometimes you just need to get together with people from your past to gauge how far you’ve come in this crazy world. For the…
June 8, 2023 Another roadside attraction: Gun-toting Tex Against the wind and popularized slogan “Go west, young man” (Horace Greeley, 1861), my dog CiCi, riding shotgun, and her driver Charlie head east from…
June 7, 2023 So many of these road ‘improvements’ and flashing lights only make me see red The “Road Closed” signs appeared a week ago at intersections along Ridgedale Road from Ironwood Drive to York Road. Stanley Clark School sponsors a…
June 5, 2023 Moor or less: Some readers show off their noteworthy noses A few weeks ago, I wrote a column about the smells — both good aromas and bad stenches — that stand out for me….
June 5, 2023 It’s a fish-eat-fish world out there They say a largemouth bass will eat anything that fits in its mouth. Sometimes, even something that doesn’t fit. When Rylan Jones, of Bremen,…
June 2, 2023 Work on your bucket list – before you kick it. Most likely you’ve seen books or articles about all the things you should do, all the places you should see, etc., before you die….
May 30, 2023 Years later, I’ve got that dream job … sort of At my worst, one thought kept me from being a total failure. If all else fell apart, I could move to Texas and work…
May 28, 2023 Moor or less: He loved living up to his name in World War II I remember 90-year-old Tom Pilot still riding his bike to Notre Dame’s Burke Golf Course with his small bag of clubs pulled over his…
May 27, 2023 Moor or less: Sept. 11 was this veteran’s nightmare long before the terrorist attacks I sat beside Ralph Anderson at a few of Eggleston Elementary School’s Christmas parties. Both of our wives taught there and we were dragged…
May 26, 2023 Moor or Less: Remembering a WW II pilot who never lost his will to fight for his country First of three stories about local veterans during Memorial Day Weekend: I first met Bob Pinkowski right after he stormed down to the U.S….
May 16, 2023 The perils of the portal Earlier this month, Mitch Albom, the Detroit Free Press sports columnist and occasional best-selling novelist, wrote a column entitled “College athletes jumping schools should…
May 14, 2023 ‘Breaking Away’ always takes me back to my IU days Last weekend, I watched one of my favorite movies, “Breaking Away.” It was on the free Movies channel (with a lot of commercial interruptions)….
May 12, 2023 Ireland is a place to see I just spent 10 days vacationing in Ireland, and I have three words of advice for you. Go. Visit. Ireland. I am a somewhat…
May 10, 2023 91-year-old’s death brings end to her waving twin dolls and the myth surrounding them WOODLAND, Ind. — Like the twin dolls who were permanently waving from a large picture window to vehicles traveling along Indiana 331, south of…
May 8, 2023 Moor or Less: At least my nose still knows As I get older, my eyesight has gotten worse, my hearing is on the blink, but my sense of smell seems to be as…
May 3, 2023 Bill Moor’s book is out and about Hey good readers, I now have boxes of my new book, “Kissing the Frog,” in my garage and want to get rid of them…