It’s Tony Dow’s birthday today. The actor who gained fame playing Wally Cleaver on Leave It to Beaver would’ve been 81. Dow passed away in
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Doing the heavy lifting.
I was at Olympic Fitness the other day for one of my thrice-a-week workouts. It was leg day, and I prepared for what is probably
Getting into the stream of things.
Originally published in The Chronotype. It was Thanksgiving Day in 1966. We dined at my maternal grandparents’ house in Platteville, then went to Aunt
The lesson of Milan.
I have friends on Facebook who seen to be constantly angry, based on their posts. They are angry about politics, about immigration enforcement, even about
On the ice, with a lot on the line.
It’s a Sunday afternoon in the middle of February, and I’m about to watch a hockey game. Not just any hockey game, but an Olympic
Still grumpy after all these years…
You know a movie has to be pretty good if it still produces great moments more than 30 years since its run in the theater.
A Strenuous Writer's Life 