November rain In an old interview from the 70s or so, on the BBC or such, the interviewer or host or someone asked Richard Burton, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, what alcoholism was like. And the acting mouth of The Bard, steeped in wordcraft, said: “It’s November, and it’s raining.” I understand the metaphor, I do.
CONNECTIONS 2024 Public Health and Human Services department preliminary budget The Public Health and Human Services department is one of the largest departments in Cook County government. We have a broad scope of responsibility for the administration of mandated state and federal programs that provide critical support to vulnerable children and adults in our community.
This Summer, my son Ben is working close to home, so he can come home every day for lunch. One day a week, he brings his co-worker, so I make something a little special on those days.
Wondering ‘61 The Bowser Chronicles on 61 Anybody with a television in the 1980’s knows who Bowser was, but these Chronicles are not about Sha Na Na or its lanky bass. If you have been corrupted by video games, you may have thought these Chronicles were about the main antagonist in Super Mario Brothers.
REASON Ms. Roberts Barbara Millicent Roberts came into this world in 1959.
Memories of the Minnesota River mudflats Towards the end of summer there was a place in the river bottoms that all the kids from all the high schools in the cities seemed to know. It was a place in the Mississippi River bottoms in the cities, although few but me of the others knew that it was not the Mississippi, but the Minnesota River, because I paid attention to such things, and if you were young then all you knew was the airport and the great airplane runways over the river, and maybe Interstate 494, possibly Cedar Avenue.
20 YEARS AGO AUGUST 1, 2003 v Coast Guard Admiral Ronald Silva, responsible for command of all of the Great Lakes, and other highranking officials visited the Grand Marais Coast Guard Station on Monday. Silva and Master Chief Petty Officer Bryan Clemons have been traveling together on a two-part mission.
Markers For some reason I’ve been thinking backward lately. Maybe it’s because I shared tales from my son Ross’s childhood during his visit last week, or maybe because our granddaughter Hazel has been asking for stories from our lives.
Lucky No. 13 We joke, those of us who remain, that the Second Greatest Working-Class Infield was the ‘92 Schlitz team.
The Pickleball Player This week I was looking forward to making some Barbie jokes. Man, do I have Barbie jokes: DMV Barbie; Actuary Barbie; Daddy’s Credit Card Barbie! But nooooooo.