Billowing clouds swirl below While a pale yellow sunlight fringes the horizon. The fury of last night’s storms Upended our travel plans

We love and we laugh On this earthly voyage, Circling around the sun For an unknown period of time. The only thing we truly know

My home is in Chicago, and perhaps will always be. Seeing other places, sometimes, Is a form of therapy.

Not everyone in Florida is wealth… But there’s no doubt that some of… They stuffed their portfolios with… Because that’s what’s preferred, b… Cash is a cushion that wards off h…

While the Speaker’s chair sits em… the entire Congress remains immobi… The world looks toward the United… and finds nothing but disfunction. How can we presume to lead the wor…

If the rule of law does not survive neither will our nation. Will we nobly save or meanly lose

Gentle winds blowing in from Key West and Havana far away from Sanibel Island once brought soothing comfort to residents and tourists alike.

This zombie nation Always glued to our smartphones Doesn’t make us smart

We love the songs you wrought for… And all of the music you shared. The good vibes that they brought t… When a beach and your stories were… In a world that can sometimes be w…

We have come to equate “fortune” w… as in “that outfit must have cost… but its real meaning is more abstr… Whenever the Roman goddess Fortun… it meant that things went well for…

July 19, 2013 Chicago, Illinois On a brutally hot night Ed stood beneath the scoreboard of the ballpark he loves