21
Dec
2024
‘Did you ever see something so beautiful?’
1,031 ViewsA eulogy for Peggy Foley, who died Dec. 11, 2024. On Nov. 4, 1948, 8-year-old Peggy Clifford skipped school. She had... Read More
23
Dec
2022
The man who was Santa Claus
My latest column in the Webster-Kirkwood Times.
23
Nov
2022
The Thanksgiving column, 2022
Remembering a holiday 50 years gone by now -- and the woman who made it happen.
20
Sep
2022
About that crying in baseball …
1,053 ViewsAt some point this month, it’s a good bet that the bat of Albert Pujols will meet a baseball and send... Read More
27
Jun
2022
String of pearls
794 ViewsTwo wedding receptions, exactly 30 years apart. On the left, November of 1991, before we were even married; on the right,... Read More
8
Oct
2021
A very, very good dog
A tribute to a very, very good dog.
11
Sep
2020
On 9/11, ‘We held hands’
The kids who could possibly remember anything about 9/11 are in college now. A mom remembers where she and her 4-year-old were when the world stopped turning.
20
Jun
2020
Father’s Day 2020
826 ViewsAmong the skills my Dad learned as a typesetter was to read upside down. Printing, as he learned it in the... Read More
20
Dec
2019
The rest of the story
552 ViewsMy column in the South County Times of Dec. 20, 2019, tells the remarkable story of my nephew Nick Gibson, his... Read More