My Grandpa was Irish Or at least his parents were So every year we went to Grandma and Grandpa’s house for corned beef and cabbage.
Barber’s chairs arranged in a circ… around an unused fire pit An all-you-can eat breakfast; A quiet vibe accompanies it Fox News (thankfully muted) on th…
The colors of the Fall So vibrant and unique Today’s kids might even say “Nature’s just on fleek!”
When Donald Trump took over as pr… the United States Constitution we… from the White House’s official w… If there’s a more fitting metaphor somebody tell me what that might b…
We met her today and her daughter, as well But Trump and his people have made their lives hell. They embraced our democracy
How shall I remember 2023, this fifty-sixth year of my life? Hopefully not the worst of the bun… but it did have some measure of st… My catalytic converter was stolen
As Putin the Terrible sends his Russian troops Into the sovereign nation of Ukra… We must make a commitment to assist our democratic partners
No shadow today Thanks to Punxsutawney Phil Spring is almost here
A controversy so strange A pandemic so costly A nation so divided A toll so devastating A solution so simple
Your poetry book from 1946 was recently acquired by me at a book fair in Chicago. It appears to have been lightly us… during its first go-round
Edgar Lee Masters’ Spoon River… was published more than a century… Its enduring popularity derives fr… telling truths about the human con… The most compelling message of all
Red America Visiting you this weekend Could never live here
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
Sometimes Inspiration finds you and it’s great when that happens. Just don’t expect it to remain ver…
In a world where every single mont… Is measured as being the warmest o… It’s not such as bad thing To have a chilly day outside. The unbearable heat will be here