My home is in Chicago, and perhaps will always be. Seeing other places, sometimes, Is a form of therapy.
Abraham Lincoln was our first poe… who really knew how to turn a phra… but the best one of all has to do… “We can complain that rose bushes… or we can celebrate that thorn bus…
Lionel Messi is without a doubt the greatest footballer of our times But whether he’s the GOAT
Several years ago I encountered a… idling away as it waited to pick u… at a community center in suburban… I walked past the bus and observed its large exhaust pipe spewing
“Feels like” temperatures Don’t make too much difference On a day like this
Whenever I see a discarded pencil… and that has happened more than a… I like to pick it up and sharpen i… and then put it to paper because t… There’s always going to be a few m…
The world I grew up in meaning the late 20th Century had white stuff falling from the s… on December days like this one. The kid that I was at the time
As he calmly read his speech announcing his submission It was clear the Dems have no lea… to offer up real opposition. Now Trump and Elon will have the…
Beto O’Rourke towers and Greg Abbott cowers as gun violence devours another 21 lives The gun lobby’s money
Sometimes there’s just nothing to… And other times, there’s more than… But in the wake of Jimmy Buffett’… I’m going to try creating new stuf… If I were a big rock star
No shadow today Thanks to Punxsutawney Phil Spring is almost here
Sweet Home Chicago The birthplace of the new pope Who saw that coming?
This poem stays in my pocket Until I take it out And read it to somebody That’s what this day’s about. Thanks for listening to my words
A catchphrase that was silly A laugh that was unique “Pee Wee Herman” charmed us all That skinny little geek We saw him in the movies
Hanging from a power line Along the Uptown parade route It’s impossible to know How they first got there And how long they have remained si…
