This sign reminded me of a George Carlin riff from his 1996 Back In Town HBO show: Here’s another question I have. How come when it’s us, it’s an abortion,…
Officially the Green Island Wildlife Management Area, it is (was?) the Green Island Bottoms to locals. Though I grew up in and around Green Island, a place where people fished…
John Raoux / AP Doris Kearns Goodwin is a life-long, long-suffering Red Sox fan who experienced many heart-wrenching losses over her years. I saw an interview where she described trying…
As my step-father's mental health declined, he started espousing various conspiracy theories, once explaining to my wife how the the government seeded clouds with mental filings to allow reading people's…
I recently posted about my high school marching band days and then found myself watching a Iowa girls' basketball district playoff game at the high school gym; however, since my…
As seen at Cathedral of St. Paul. What defines legitimate "home use?" The obvious use is for home stoups for whom need to bless themselves as they enter/leave someone's home.…
My grandfather attended Northwestern University before being drafted during World War II (for which I am eternally grateful, as he met my grandmother while stationed in New Mexico and therefore…
Jill Eicher's book Mellon vs. Churchill: The Untold Story of Treasury Titans At War tells the post-World War I battles between the United States and its allies - primarily the…
Nostalgia and happenstance had me visit my former high school in Miles, Iowa to watch a girls' high school basketball game. Much had changed since I last visited 10+ years…