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She was once the fastest woman ali… and won a gold medal to prove it less than a decade ago. But where does one go from the top of the world?
In the enduring schism between “Dog People” and “Cat Pe… (since hardly anyone can be both, and people who get along without p… are not really at issue here)
Shimmering reflections greet my ey… as a warm smile lights up my face. Jimmy Buffett knew these waters w… and channeled their spirit through… May their inspirational qualities…
Beto O’Rourke towers and Greg Abbott cowers as gun violence devours another 21 lives The gun lobby’s money
Chicago’s party of the summer is the Pride parade up north It’s boozier than St. Patrick’s… Less explosive than the 4th Lots of people dance and play
There is a great Czar of the Snow Alongside a Lady of Glencoe They share poems and verse Whether lengthy or terse Over Zoom is their method of flow…
How do you mourn for a relative that you never got to meet? It’s really not that hard to do. First, you must realize that all o… are “related” in some form or fash…
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
I shall dance no more with rhythmless guilty feet. The saxophone played. George Michael’s “Careless Whisp… Will haunt us all forever.
The “winners” in life gravitate toward places like Sanibel Island, Florida.
Ellos no conocen la fria de Chica… It’s chilly at night in early Oct… Really cold weather has yet to arr… Those who haven’t experienced a M… are in for an unpleasant shock whe…
A long way from Mt. Pulaski on this cold, Illinois night. The Interstate is reaching out to Kris and Chuck, near Dwight. Dwight is far behind them now
Attending Catholic schools as I did for 13 years instills certain ideas into a pers… The nuns and lay teachers assigned us all a Conduct grade
Three 9-year-olds were slaughtered… Because the Second Amendment Gives the false impression that Owning guns is an unfettered right For nearly any person who wants to…
A limerick is a snappy rhyme That doesn’t take up too much time Make Line 3 sound like Line 4 And then just add one more The result is a poem sublime
