January 19, 2023 Moor or Less: I prefer Spanky over Moor-on When I went off to college, I had no real nicknames. I finally had outgrown my “Little Bill” designation around the family, although I…
January 16, 2023 More than you need to know about my LPs This shouldn’t take three months, but it probably will. I’m reorganizing my stereo LPs. I hesitate to use the word “collection” to describe what…
January 16, 2023 This story is about hearts This story is about hearts. Not the card game, the rock band, or the hardest working muscle of the body. I’m talking about the…
January 10, 2023 If you’re fightin’, you’re not winnin’ If you’re fightin’, you’re not winnin’ In 1974, during my sophomore year at Notre Dame, two of my classmates got fed up with the…
January 6, 2023 Moor or Less: How about some recycled resolutions? When I was writing regularly for the South Bend Tribune, I always used to share my New Year’s resolutions in an early January column….
January 6, 2023 Aunt Betty knew a bargain and a beautiful light I attended the best funeral EVER yesterday, in Huntingburg, Indiana. Typically, it’s insensitive to talk about a loved one’s funeral, but this is an…
January 5, 2023 If car makers drop AM radio, it may cause some static According to a story in the December 12 edition of the New York Times headlined “In Future Filled With Electric Cars, AM Radio May…
January 3, 2023 Sports are fun until… Football is a sport. And sports are fun. Sure, there are times when that fun becomes bittersweet. Like when your favorite team misses a…
December 30, 2022 Moor or Less: A gift with Pur-Pur-Purdue on it I almost jumped back in shock when I opened the Christmas present that my daughter and her family gave me. It was a Purdue…
December 27, 2022 This glee club teacher hit the right notes Great teachers, it seems, are never forgotten. Last week I posted on Facebook a quick story about John R. Vogel, who taught choir for…
December 26, 2022 My excitement for the day The neighbors two doors north were rocking their car back and forth, stuck in the driveway. If the wind chill hadn’t been minus-23, I…
December 24, 2022 A wonderful Christmas gift: Seeing Copshaholm through my grandson’s eyes I received one of the best early Christmas gifts on Sunday, December 4. It required no shopping or wrapping, just an openness to spontaneity….
December 24, 2022 And from our readers …. My Christmas column last week stirred up some memories for a few of our readers. So I’ll let them have the (needle-covered) floor. Here…
December 20, 2022 Here is my story about ‘Close Encounters of the Urge Kind’ My wife would sleep like a rock if only a rock softly and sweetly snored. You get the point, though. Once she falls asleep,…
December 19, 2022 Could heaven be an eternal vacation or more complicated than that? You will never confuse me as being the guy who has it all figured out. I do spend a lot of time thinking about…
December 17, 2022 Unfair all-star vote a lesson in racism 60 years later Sometimes we feel that the past is past, and there’s nothing we can do about it. But sometimes there are lessons waiting for us…
December 12, 2022 Moor or Less: Of Christmas lights, Chocolate Charlie and loaded cigars I like multi-colored strands of lights for our two trees — one small real one from Roseland Garden Center and our nine-foot artificial one…
December 9, 2022 A curmudgeon’s Christmas wish: Less of the worn-out songs, more of the new originals Does anyone else hate that certain radio stations and most retail stores start playing only Christmas music in early November? And if that weren’t…
December 6, 2022 My Home Journal will explain the mysteries to our kids For almost 10 years, I’ve kept a “Home Journal,” writing about the major discoveries or changes we’ve made to the property we moved into…
December 4, 2022 Moor or Less: Count on it — I have a one-track mind I drew a few curious looks as I sat on the hood of my car in the Kroc Center’s parking lot and watched a…