August 7, 2023 Wayne’s World: Pigeons and ‘Goon Squads’ Lately, I’ve been thinking about pigeons. Thinking about them a lot. My current obsession with pigeons came out of the blue. Heretofore, I had…
August 6, 2023 Mulligan Stew: Their friendship has gone ‘Down’ an amazing path When my daughter Kelli was born with Down syndrome in 1988, the little girl next door, Kristi, fell completely in love with her. Kristi…
August 6, 2023 Choosing the right words wasn’t easy, Mom I know that I talk too much. I spew out 140 words per minute, often for long stretches, and most of them are unnecessary….
August 4, 2023 Mark and Wendy’s Excellent Adventure: Miss J taught me to say “Merci” Editor’s note: Mark Bradford is contributing occasional posts from his diary on traveling the country with his wife Wendy while they rent out their…
August 2, 2023 Gullible’s Travels For years we’ve been hearing about the dangers of disinformation and “fake news.” To be sure, it is dangerous when tens of thousands of…
August 1, 2023 Been there. Came home. My parents trained me to dread travel. I was the youngest of four sons. We were frugal, and we made long car trips only…
August 1, 2023 Mark and Wendy’s Excellent Adventure: A tale of two streams Editor’s note: Mark Bradford is contributing occasional posts from his diary on traveling the country with his wife Wendy while they rent out their…
July 31, 2023 For the (very) rich Irish fans, these accommodations are for you Yikes I’m doing some Craigslist math……..hmmmmm. Weekend, Thursday, Friday & Saturday nights, all inclusive Basic : 2BR, 2BA condo, secure, quiet, cul-de-sac with authentic…
July 30, 2023 Lots of additions to Battell Park, but historic rock garden hard to top The City of Mishawaka has a new rock star at Its oldest park. Battell Park, dedicated in 1881, has a newly opened playground and…
July 29, 2023 Why not a coast-to-coast football conference? (This is a letter from University of Notre Dame alumnus Cappy Cagnon to fellow alum Bubba Cunningham, the University of North Carolina athletics director.)…
July 29, 2023 Mark and Wendy’s Excellent Adventure: A time of reflection Editor’s note: Mark Bradford is contributing occasional posts from his diary on traveling the country with his wife Wendy while they rent out their…
July 26, 2023 Mark and Wendy’s Excellent Adventure: Checking out Halifax’s museums Editor’s note: Mark Bradford is contributing occasional posts from his diary on traveling the country with his wife Wendy while they rent out their…
July 26, 2023 Moor or Less: Uninvited guest is growing on me I’m not sure when it first showed up, but it certainly has made itself at home in my wife’s garden. Sort of like how…
July 25, 2023 Oh for those black-and-white days of TV As you know, I’m a big fan of old TV shows. Oftentimes when watching these old black and white shows, I see an actor…
July 23, 2023 Mark and Wendy’s Excellent Adventure: Overdosing on Green Gables Editor’s note: Mark Bradford is contributing occasional posts from his diary on traveling the country with his wife Wendy while they rent out their…
July 23, 2023 Wayne’s World: From Formula 409 to loneliness to the complexity of the brain Lately, I’ve been thinking about Formula 409. Thinking about it a lot. My mother bought Formula 409 with gusto, likely with extreme prejudice against…
July 18, 2023 This One’s Served Over-Hard – A Trip to the World’s Largest Concrete Egg “You guys wanna go see the egg?” I asked as we pointed our car south on Indiana 19 from Etna Green, all part of…
July 17, 2023 Moor or Less: What’s in a Little League name? We were talking about team names and I told the table that I had once played on a Little League team called the White Owls…
July 15, 2023 A return to IU never gets old, despite the drive It rained for most of the trip from South Bend to Bloomington on July 8. There might have been a little speck of sunshine…
July 14, 2023 These highly-successful guys had at least one thing in common Because of my well-known proclivity in areas like this you will immediately know the answer to this question. What do the following men have…