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 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 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 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 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 “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…
September 1, 2021 Kissing the Frog: Chapter 6 Later at practice, Coach Mathews pulled Wheat and me aside and said that Benny Goodchild’s mom had called and said that along with the…
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 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 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 Kissing the Frog: Chapter 5 Next morning in Big Jim’s car, Sally looked back at me and said, “Nice shiner, little man. Did Kelly Carson give you that?” “He…
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 Great shots, laughter play well together at venerable South Bend Country Club Michiana has its share of elite golf courses, from Warren Golf Course at Notre Dame to Morris Park Country Club in South Bend to…
August 21, 2021 Kissing the Frog: Chapter 4 I won’t go into all my dealings with Wheat after school but you can bet I didn’t hit her in the arm like Big…
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…
