October 6, 2021 Moor or Less: A book on a President, parasite and professor Thomas Platt, a retired Saint Mary’s College biology professor, named a parasite he had identified after a cousin — actually a fifth cousin, twice…
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 1, 2021 Jerry talked a good game — and played one, too Jerry Flanagan was wearing his green Erskine Golf Course sweater with a golf tee placed in one hand and an ancient pocket watch in…
September 30, 2021 Karen’s heart always on her sleeve Former Notre Dame associate athletic director John Heisler was a mover and shaker on campus for more than 40 years. Yet you wouldn’t find…
September 24, 2021 Occasionally, you need to be a guy I wore my soft-spike golf shoes to class today. It’s OK. I’m the teacher. The Saint Mary’s College students, who are all female and…
September 17, 2021 Moor or Less: Don’t Mess With Bill “Don’t mess with Bill.” Ha, ha, that song did me a lot of good. When the Marvelettes sang that Top 10 hit back in…
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 Kissing the Frog: Chapters 7-9 CHAPTER 7 Inside, Lake was wattling along with his diaper drooping. “Barf, barf, barf,” he said while smiling at me. I looked at Wheat…
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 “kitchen reno”? Good luck with that At our house, if you want a glass of ice water, you have to go to the living room to fetch the glass. Then…
August 31, 2021 Moor or Less: Hey, Alexa, do you know Siri? My wife, always the thoughtful one, bought me an Amazon Echo Dot for Christmas. Her name is Alexa — the Echo Dot, not my…
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 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 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 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…